More than 6.6 million people in Chicago and the encompassing area, together with components of Indiana, have been underneath twister watches and warnings on Tuesday night as extreme storms battered the realm, in accordance with the National Weather Service.

The storms prompted officers at O’Hare International Airport to briefly floor all departing flights and droop its rail service on Tuesday night whereas asking individuals within the airport to “exercise caution.”

The NBC News affiliate in Chicago shared video of a whole bunch of passengers packing into the airport for shelter.

An early image of the injury inflicted by the storms started to emerge Tuesday night time as officers labored to evaluate injury and ensure tornadoes in a number of communities west of Chicago. The menace of further tornadoes in a single day was shifting east into Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. Late within the night time, twister warnings have been issued for components of Michigan and Illinois. Tornado watch alerts have been issued for Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio till 6 a.m.

The National Weather Service confirmed there were reports of at the least one twister landing in Henry County in western Illinois. Images on social media in a single Henry County neighborhood confirmed flattened steel buildings and a wood construction scattered over a brick wall.

At least 4 different twister sightings have been reported by the Weather Service, together with three close to town of DeKalb, roughly 60 miles west of the Chicago.

By about 10:30 p.m. native time, the twister watches in northeast Illinois had been downgraded to wind advisories as the specter of twister shifted southeast over Southern Illinois and Indiana and Kentucky, together with Louisville. At about 10:45 p.m., the National Weather Service stated that the extreme climate menace had ended for Chicago. Roughly 9.8 million individuals in these areas have been underneath a twister watch late Tuesday night time.