The Midwest is taking a beating tonight from a massive storm. Tornadoes have touched down, the word “derecho” is being thrown around, and O’Hare International Airport has been paralyzed by massive flight cancellations. It doesn’t look like it has yet materialized into the disaster that some predicted, but it’s still quite a large event, and it looks to be just getting started.
More than 400 flights cancelled at O'Hare Airport in Chicago due to storms – @cbschicago http://t.co/yCwb95Rt9G
— Breaking News Storm (@breakingstorm) June 13, 2013
Photos and videos are pouring in from the affected areas, and it’s clear that this is not your average thunderstorm.
RT @joeybls: @TWCBreaking Derecho video crossing the state line into NW Indiana near Dyer at 6:25pm. http://t.co/h11GFs7ucp #storms #Chicago
— TWC Breaking (@TWCBreaking) June 13, 2013
We're going to get blown away! #ChicagoStorm https://t.co/Xj1nlDqWD6
— Tart Baker (@kitty_sniffles) June 13, 2013
#chicago #storm #lightning #thunder #screams Kelsie Janssen https://t.co/jVEwYP8EyD
— ? (@NickGudeman) June 13, 2013
(On a side-note, Vine is on fire tonight!)
Shelf cloud right before 60mph gust. RT @WeatherBug 60mph gust at @WeatherBug station in Dyer, IN, SE of Chicago. pic.twitter.com/m8Ui96x0CF
— Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) June 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/JeremyBiz/status/344975527716737024
@reedtimmerTVN @Ginger_Zee lightning in Chicago looking north from bucktown rooftop #instagram #ilwx pic.twitter.com/YW6qnUYeSw
— Big Sid (@WrathOtheStache) June 13, 2013
Train to nowhere #chicago #storm #metra pic.twitter.com/oxebovsho7
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) June 12, 2013
This is my view right now. #chicago #storm #metra pic.twitter.com/YT80RaK8Cy
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) June 12, 2013
I feel like I live in the rainforest ☔⚡ #storm https://t.co/gSj4XgguYC
— Madison Kooi (@mkooi_xo) June 13, 2013
Mother nature's response to my previous tweet about a lame #chicago #storm https://t.co/aZ2rUY1qSp
— Jennifer HenriK (@JenniferHKahn) June 13, 2013
Chicagoooo #chicago #storm #skyline http://t.co/VTvh45uXaY
— dj moppy (@djmoppy) June 13, 2013
It's almost here #storm #tornado wish I didnt live an apartment right about now lol http://t.co/SgBtZAREVE
— Ashley Rust (@ARust03) June 13, 2013
@wsyx6 Mansfield, Ohio Funnel cloud pic.twitter.com/l8xbPQentT
— MultiKillsHD (@MultiKillsHD) June 13, 2013
The derecho(?) as seen from @PatioTheater, withstanding freakish weather since 1927. pic.twitter.com/nzGS5ntRsM
— Ben Kenigsberg (@benkenigsberg) June 13, 2013
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