1 killed after tree falls on house as severe storms tear through Chicago area

A woman was killed Monday after a severe weather outbreak tore through the entire Chicago area and Northwest Indiana.

At one point Monday night, every Chicago area county was under a tornado warning, ranging from the suburbs, to the city, to across Northwest Indiana .

"The SPC placed us in the level 4 of 5 category – which is a pretty considerable outbreak," Roman said."To be in a moderate risk, the SPC has to have a high confidence that storms will be severe and turn tornadic. That doesn't always happen."At one point Monday night, every Chicago area county was under a tornado warning, Roman said, ranging from the suburbs, to the city, to across Northwest Indiana.

Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyshowed. The majority of those outages were in Cook County, where more than 90,000 outages were reported. Will County also saw a high number of outages, at more than 45,000."We know some of you are without power and we appreciate your patience as crews work to restore outages," the message read.

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