Power lines are down on Broadway in MerrillvIlle, Indiana, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the area the previous day. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
National Weather Service officials confirmed Thursday evening that two tornadoes had torn through parts of the state, including areas of Streator and another near Dwight. Weather officials are investigating a probable tornado that caused damage in Merrillville and other parts of Indiana.
Damaged trees and debris at Andrean High School, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the Merrillville, Indiana area the previous day. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Maria Williams walks near damaged trees and debris outside her home on June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Damaged trees and debris near Andrean High School after a tornado passed through the area the overnight, June 12, 2026 in Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Debris sits on a vehicle near a damaged home, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the area the previous night in Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)A damaged window on a residential building, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the Merrillville area the previous day. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)A person rides a bike near Andrean High School, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the Merrillville area on Thursday. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Kari Williams, 20, stands near damaged trees and debris outside her home, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the area the previous day. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Streets and Sanitation worker Nick Janeteas cleans up broken tree limbs and roofing material, June 12, 2026, blown off the rooftop of St. Nicholas of Tolentine Elementary School, in the 3700 block of West 62nd Street in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Blanca Navarro and cousin Delfino Mosqeeda look out from the Navarro home at roofing material on June 12, 2026. The roofing pieces were blown from St. Nicholas of Tolentine School in the 3700 block of West 62nd Street in Chicago during Thursday’s strong winds. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)A residential building was damaged by a tornado that passed through the area on June 11, 2026, in Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Andrean High School sits damaged after a tornado passed through the area, June 11, 2026 in Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)Edwin Rangel and Colleen Straight remove personal items on June 11, 2026, as they walk past roofing debris following storms the previous day at an apartment building on Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney. The married couple and their baby will stay with family in Indiana. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Trees are severed, as seen on June 11, 2026, a day after storms in Berwyn. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Officials look over downed lines and a leaning utility pole on June 11, 2026, following a storm the day before near Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Jasmine Scott, right, hugs a fellow resident on June 11, 2026, after large sections of roofing material were torn off during storms the previous day at an apartment building on Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Roofing material lies on the ground near a damaged car on June 11, 2026, following storms the day before at an apartment building on Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Nico Garmendia, left, and Marion Madanguit sit beneath the branches of a fallen tree in an intersection on June 11, 2026, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood after storms caused damage across the region the day before. The two friends were on their way to the park when they decided to enjoy the unexpected shady spot instead. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Large swaths of a roof were partially blown off following a severe storm that caused damage to an apartment building on Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney, as seen on June 11, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)A person looks out the window at a fallen tree lies in the street following a severe thunder storm on West Melrose Street in Chicago’s Lake View East neighborhood on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)A woman and child use garbage bags to stay dry after a thunderstorm in the 1800 block of North Stockton Drive, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)Benjamin García, of Benji Landscaping, carries a stump from a fallen tree lying on West Melrose Street following a severe thunderstorm in Chicago’s Lakeview East neighborhood on June 10, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)Pedestrians sidestep a fallen branch after a thunderstorm in the 1800 block of North Stockton Drive, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)Lifeguards disassemble police barricades to prevent the possibility of them injuring beachgoers as a thunderstorm reaches North Avenue Beach, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)A lifeguard exits as a thunderstorm approaches over North Avenue Beach, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)A group of men walk as a thunderstorm reaches North Avenue Beach, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
