{"id":1971559,"date":"2023-07-13T03:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-tornado-natural-disaster-touches-down-near-major-airports\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T03:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:24:02","slug":"chicago-tornado-natural-disaster-touches-down-near-major-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-tornado-natural-disaster-touches-down-near-major-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago tornado hits near major airports."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-tornado-natural-disaster-touches-down-near-major-airports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Tornado Strikes Near Chicago, Causing Destruction and Disruption<\/h2>\n<p>A terrifying tornado touched down near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-of-americans-brace-for-another-winter-storm\/\" title=\"Millions of Americans brace for another winter storm\">major airports<\/a> in Chicago on Wednesday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-era-layoffs-decimate-media-industry\/\" title=\"Biden-Era Layoffs Decimate Media Industry\">wreaking havoc<\/a> and sending shockwaves through the city. The destructive force of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-tornado-natural-disaster-touches-down-near-major-airports\/\" title=\"Chicago tornado hits near major airports.\">natural disaster resulted<\/a> in property damage, the cancellation of hundreds of flights, and a warning to millions of people to stay vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service in Chicago reported that the tornado made landfall at approximately 7 p.m. local time. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported thus far, providing some relief amidst the chaos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Impact on Air Travel and Residents<\/h3>\n<p>The tornado had a significant impact on travelers at two of Chicago&#8217;s busiest airports, O&#8217;Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport. Social media was flooded with videos capturing the immense storm, with one particularly striking footage showing the tornado looming near Midway&#8217;s shelter.<\/p>\n<p>The blaring sirens, serving as a warning to residents, only intensified the sense of impending danger brought by the tornado.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meteorologist Nash Rhodes from WINK revealed that over 1.7 million people in the Chicago area were included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citing-tornado-warning-trump-cancels-iowa-rally-touts-150-endorsements-and-poll-lead-over-desantis\/\" title=\"Trump cancels Iowa rally due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornado-watch-in-effect-for-southeast-thunderstorms-to-hit-near-coast\/\" title=\"Tornado watch in effect for Southeast, thunderstorms to hit near coast\">tornado warning<\/a>, highlights 150 endorsements and lead over DeSantis in polls.&#8221;>tornado warning issued<\/a> on Wednesday evening. The vast number of individuals affected highlights the widespread concern and need for caution.<\/p>\n<p>By 8 p.m., the NWS announced that the Chicago area was no longer under a tornado warning. However, the storm continued its path eastward towards southwest Michigan. As a result, a tornado watch remained in effect until Thursday morning for parts of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that tornadoes in the Windy City are a rarity. Research conducted by WMAQ meteorologist Paul Deanno revealed that only six confirmed tornado touchdowns have occurred within the city in the past 70 years.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tornado hit Chicago near airports, causing property damage, flight cancellations, and urging caution. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado touched down around 7 p.m., but fortunately, no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}