更新于：2026年2月20日 / 美国东部时间上午9:40 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
席卷中西部部分地区的破坏性风暴催生了龙卷风，袭击了印第安纳州和伊利诺伊州，该地区部分区域遭遇近飓风强度的大风。
周四，一场猛烈的龙卷风席卷了伊利诺伊州东南部，摧毁房屋、掀翻汽车，并留下了至少6英里长的破坏痕迹。至少有12栋建筑被摧毁。
强风严重损毁了移动房屋并将其掀翻。一名女子被困在屋内，直到救援人员到达才获救。
随后，同一股龙卷风穿过印第安纳州边界。
周四，另一股强龙卷风席卷了印第安纳州布鲁明顿市，当时该市遭遇强雷暴和每小时70英里的阵风袭击。布鲁明顿市约有8万人口，此次风暴导致树木和电线倒塌，建筑物屋顶被掀翻，并摧毁了一个平时繁忙的商业区的一家银行。
银行的部分屋顶坍塌，外墙也被撕碎。
![图片：2026年2月19日，印第安纳州布鲁明顿市，龙卷风摧毁第五三银行后，工人对其进行加固。杰里米·霍根/盖蒂图片社]
这些龙卷风是从俄亥俄州蔓延至内布拉斯加州、横贯全国1000英里的大型冬季天气系统的一部分，该系统为奥马哈地区带来了近一英尺的降雪和白天气象条件。
内布拉斯加州巡逻队表示，由于车辆在冬季天气中失控，造成两人死亡。州警响应了超过150起与天气相关的事件，其中包括45起交通事故。
周五，美国国家气象局针对印第安纳州、伊利诺伊州、密歇根州和俄亥俄州部分地区发布了大风预警。
“阵风将掀翻未固定的物体，”气象部门警告称，”树枝可能被吹倒，并可能导致局部停电。”
印第安纳波利斯的气象部门表示，西风将频繁出现高达每小时45英里的阵风，最强阵风在上午时段出现。
Tornadoes hit Indiana, Illinois as destructive storms blast through parts of Midwest
Updated on: February 20, 2026 / 9:40 AM EST / CBS News
Destructive storms blasting through parts of the Midwest spawned tornadoes that hit Indiana and Illinois, as near-hurricane force winds swept parts of the region.
A violent tornado ripped through southeastern Illinois on Thursday, shredding homes, overturning cars and leaving a trail of destruction that stretched at least six miles long. At least a dozen buildings were destroyed.
Powerful wind mangled mobile homes and flipped them upside down. One woman was trapped inside until rescue crews could reach her.
That same twister then barreled across the Indiana state line.
Another powerful tornado ripped through Bloomington, Indiana, on Thursday, as severe thunderstorms and 70 mile per hour wind gusts hammered the city that’s home to around 80,000 people. It toppled trees and power lines, peeled roofs off of buildings and destroyed a bank in a normally-busy shopping district.
Parts of the bank’s roof caved in and the facade was shredded.
Workers secure the Fifth Third Bank after it was damaged by a tornado on Feb. 19, 2026, in Bloomington, Indiana. Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images
The twisters were part of a massive winter weather system that sprawled 1,000 miles across the country from Ohio to Nebraska, where it brought nearly a foot of snow and whiteout conditions to Omaha.
The Nebraska State Patrol said two people died after a vehicle lost control in wintry conditions. Troopers responded to over 150 weather-related incidents, including 45 crashes.
On Friday, a wind advisory from the National Weather Service was in effect for parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.
“Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects,” the weather service warned. “Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
The weather service in Indianapolis said westerly winds will frequently gust up to 45 mph across, with the strongest gusts hitting in the morning hours.
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