Another round of storms could bring damaging winds, hail and tornadoes to Chicago area Wednesday​on April 1, 2025 at 11:15 pm

CHICAGO (WLS) — Another round of strong storms could hit the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon.

Tuesday is expected to be cool, with clouds increasing in the afternoon hours, ABC7 Chicago AccuWeather Meteorologist Mark McGinnis said.

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An AccuWeather Alert has been issued for Wednesday, when the entire Chicago area will be under a Level 3 risk for severe weather.

Wednesday’s forecast is somewhat uncertain, but it appears that the first line of storms may pass through after midnight.

A second, stronger line of storms is expected to pass through from 2 to 8 p.m.

Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats, McGinnis said. The most intense storms could produce some tornadoes.

Cool and damp weather is expected to return this weekend.

This comes as hundreds of thousands of customers were without power across the Midwest on Monday, after deadly, severe weather battered the region on Sunday.

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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