The storm, called a kona low, is expected to churn slowly across the islands all week. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. A powerful and slow-moving storm ...

The storms also produced exceptionally large hail. One 6-inch diameter hailstone measured in Kankakee, Illinois, may be considered for a new state record.

Officials say several tornadoes have torn through parts of Illinois and Indiana, downing trees and power lines in an area south of Chicago and overwhelming the 911 center with emergency calls.

Officials in Illinois and Indiana were assessing damage from the severe weather on Tuesday that might have produced up to a dozen tornadoes.

Police are asking people to avoid the Gannett Road area after the wind brought down multiple power lines and a tree.

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RISING, Melbourne’s premier festival of music, art and performance, today unveils its full 2026 program, unfolding across the city from 27 May to 8 June.