CHICAGO (WLS) — Another round of strong storms could hit the Chicago area this week.
According to ABC7 Chicago AccuWeather Meteorologist Mark McGinnis, Tuesday is expected to be cool with increasing clouds in the afternoon, followed by the return of storms late, particularly in the western counties.
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The Chicago area’s western counties will be under a Level 2 risk for severe weather on Tuesday.
An AccuWeather Alert has been issued for Wednesday, when the entire Chicago area will be under a Level 3 risk for severe weather.
McGinnis mentioned that Wednesday’s forecast is a bit uncertain, but there’s a possibility that the initial line of storms will move through on Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning.
A second, stronger line of storms is expected to pass through on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Cool and damp weather is expected to return this weekend.
Following deadly severe weather that hit the Midwest on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of customers were left without power on Monday.
Strong storms ripped through the Chicago area on Sunday afternoon, bringing high winds and prompting tornado warnings.
Severe storms left five people dead in Indiana and Michigan.
Three children — a 2-year-old girl, her 4-year-old brother and their 11-year-old cousin — were killed when the car they were in was hit by a tree in Michigan, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office said. Weather appeared to be the main contributing factor, the sheriff’s office said.
In Valparaiso, Indiana, one person was killed when “severe crosswinds” blew a tractor and a trailer onto their sides, according to local authorities.
The National Weather Service said a second person was killed north of Millersburg, Indiana, when wind from a thunderstorm blew over an Amish buggy.
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