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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)A damaged window on a residential building, June 12, 2026, after a tornado passed through the Merrillville area the previous day. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)A residential building sits damaged after a tornado passed through the area, June 11, 2026 in Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Andrean High School sits damaged after a tornado passed through the area, June 11, 2026 in Merrillville, Indiana. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)Trees are severed, June 11, 2026, a day after storms in Berwyn. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Officials look over downed lines and a leaning utility pole, June 11, 2026, following a storm the day before near Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)Roofing material lies on the ground at 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/Chicago Tribune)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 damaged 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/Chicago Tribune)Large swaths of roofing material is partially blown off a roof following Wednesday's severe storm which caused damage to an apartment building on Pershing Road and Ridgeland Avenue in Stickney, June 11, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)Benjamin Garcia, 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/Chicago Tribune)Pedestrians sidestep a fallen branch after a thunderstorm in the 1800 block of North Stockton Drive, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)A lifeguard exits as a thunderstorm approaches over North Avenue Beach Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)A group of men walk through as a thunderstorm reaches North Avenue Beach, June 10, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
