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Jun 21, 2021 2 mins, 13 secs
Massive storms and at least one "confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado" tore through the Chicago area late Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service, leaving a path of damage and destruction in its wake.

The National Weather Service says it has dispatched two survey teams to investigate tornado damage in Chicago's western suburbs.

A National Weather Service spokesman said the agency is still surveying the Chicago area following massive storms and a tornado late Sunday night, but confirmed that a tornado did touch down in multiple Chicago suburbs as it moved from west to east.

Matt Friedlien with the NWS said early Monday that the agency can confirm a tornado touched down in the Naperville, Woodridge and Darien area and moved from west to east.

The city has received at least 125 reports of property damage with the area where the tornado touched down, with 10 people from three homes taken to a relocation point where the Red Cross and Salvation Army were assisting those displaced.

The NWS says "At least one damaging tornado occurred in the southwest Chicago metro & will be surveyed today," noting that the most significant damage was in the southwest suburbs of Naperville, Woodridge and Darien between 11 p.m.

The general area where the tornado occurred is highlighted on this map, with other locales where there was rotation and/or damage shown too.

A severe thunderstorm watch in Will and Kankakee counties in Illinois, along with Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties in northwest Indiana, was allowed to expire at 2 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

All severe weather warnings were allowed to expire throughout the Chicago area, but a long night of clean-up and damage assessment was just beginning in the city and suburbs.

Road closures were still prevalent in several areas, including in Woodridge, where a tornado touched down on Sunday night.

A tornado that struck Chicago's western suburbs did serious damage in Darien, but no injuries have been reported thus far, according to officials.

Officials in Woodridge have confirmed that a tornado touched down in the community late Sunday night:.

Calling it a "life-threatening situation," the National Weather Service urged residents to seek shelter as a "confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado" caused damage in the western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago

A new tornado warning was issued for parts of DuPage and Cook counties, according to the National Weather Service

According to the National Weather Service, a debris signature on Doppler radar indicates that a tornado touched down near the border of Woodridge and Bolingbrook

A tornado warning was issued for parts of Will, DuPage and Cook counties, according to the National Weather Service, expiring at 11:45 p.m

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