2026年6月11日 / 美国东部时间晚上9:43 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
席卷美国中西部的强风暴导致数十万用户停电、建筑受损、航班取消，并造成至少1人死亡，周四晚间芝加哥郊外社区又有新的龙卷风登陆。
据哥伦比亚广播公司气象记者尼基·诺兰报道，截至周四晚间，伊利诺伊州和威斯康星州共有约11个城市报告出现龙卷风。伊利诺伊州梅森城测得75英里每小时的阵风，伊利诺伊州莫顿和华盛顿的阵风风速达70英里每小时。
根据电力追踪网站PowerOutage.us的数据，截至周四晚间，伊利诺伊州有超过24.3万用户停电。
美国国家气象局风暴预测中心将芝加哥地区的风暴风险等级从5级上调至4级，意味着大范围强风暴极有可能发生。据哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥分社报道，这是芝加哥自2024年7月15日以来首次发布4级风暴风险预警，当时该地区遭遇了有记录以来最严重的龙卷风灾害，共出现32次龙卷风着陆。这种级别的风险预警通常每两年出现一次。
美国国家气象局表示，芝加哥西南部大部分农村地区已确认出现龙卷风，初步报告显示，位于芝加哥以北约100英里的制造业和农业城市斯特里特有建筑受损。
斯特里特市政府在一份新闻稿中表示，已确认有龙卷风袭击该市，但斯特里特市长塔拉·贝代伊在一份声明中称，截至周四晚间尚无死亡报告。
风暴追逐者、视频记者斯科特·拉斯克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥分社，他在龙卷风袭击期间身处伊利诺伊州斯特里特，听到约100码外一名女子呼救。拉斯克跑过去发现女子的丈夫被困在废墟中，最终协助救出了他。
周三，美国国家气象局收到了来自密苏里州北部、爱荷华州、堪萨斯州和伊利诺伊州的十余起龙卷风报告。该地区多地报告有树木和电线被吹倒。
爱荷华州得梅因市警方在一份声明中表示，周三一名54岁男子在公园内的无家可归者营地被一棵“在强风暴中折断倾倒”的大树击中，周四上午被发现时已受重伤，随后在现场死亡。目前尚无其他因风暴导致的死亡或受伤的即时报告。
强暴雨、冰雹和雷暴天气持续到周四，美国国家气象局向伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、爱荷华州、密苏里州和威斯康星州的部分地区发布了龙卷风监视预警或警报。强风暴导致芝加哥、费城和新泽西州纽瓦克等城市的机场航班延误或停飞。东北部和大西洋中部部分地区也遭遇了高温高湿天气的侵袭。
伊利诺伊州梅普尔帕克的酒庄老板乔·布兰迪西奥告诉哥伦比亚广播公司记者罗布·马西亚诺，他的一名员工为了不被风吹走，将自己绑在了水罐车上。
“我看到 debris（碎片）被卷起并旋转，我躲进了地下室，还让工作人员也下去，”布兰迪西奥说道。
密苏里州尤宁维尔的肖内·蒂普顿的女儿凯莉·劳斯表示，她父亲周三下午下班开车回家时，并未意识到强风暴即将来袭。他刚从卡车下来，就看到一股龙卷风袭来，赶紧跑进活动房屋转移他87岁的父亲吉米·蒂普顿。
他们跑回卡车，开到足够远的安全距离后，眼睁睁看着龙卷风将房屋夷为平地。破碎的橱柜、家具和电器散落一地，衣物挂在树上。他们认为自己丢失了一只猎狐犬，自风暴袭击后就一直下落不明。
“一切都毁了，”劳斯周四在电话采访中告诉美联社，“碎片散落了好几英里远。如果我爷爷当时在屋里，他根本不可能活下来。”
他们周四返回现场，在废墟中搜寻吉米·蒂普顿的处方药。劳斯已经通过GoFundMe发起了在线众筹，以帮助他们渡过难关。
伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德的居民认为周三晚该地区有龙卷风着陆。该地区动物保护联盟的执行主任迪安娜·科宾表示，联盟的两座建筑严重受损，但收容在内的近150只猫和28只狗均未受伤。
“这场灾害几乎摧毁了我们的收容设施，两座建筑的屋顶都被掀掉了，”科宾说道，“这是个奇迹。我们非常幸运，没有人员或动物受伤。”
她说，社区居民纷纷伸出援手，临时安置所有猫狗，包括当地动物管控中心、兽医和普通居民。
斯普林菲尔德的亚伯拉罕·林肯首都机场也报告了受损情况。
美国国家气象局气象学家弗兰克·佩雷拉表示，造成此次风暴（包括强风和冰雹）的天气系统周四继续向东移动，来自加拿大的冷空气与来自南部的温暖潮湿空气交汇，为风暴提供了能量。
美国国家气象局表示，周四开始的危险高温和高湿天气预计将持续到周五，影响从大西洋中部到东北部的大片东海岸地区，多地可能打破单日最高气温纪录。预计气温将达到华氏90多度，但受湿度影响，体感温度可能达到华氏100度甚至更高。
费城宣布周四和周五进入高温健康紧急状态，启用降温中心、外勤团队上门探访、为无家可归者提供服务等多项救助措施。纽约市官员也敦促居民做好防护措施，包括多喝水、没有空调的话寻找凉爽场所避暑。
周三和周四期间，芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场、中途国际机场以及纽约肯尼迪国际机场多次发布地面停航指令。
根据航班追踪网站FlightAware的数据，芝加哥机场已有超过1000架次进出港航班延误或取消。
据芝加哥NBC5电视台报道，强风将芝加哥地区一栋公寓楼的部分屋顶掀翻，迫使居民撤离。其他地区则有照片和视频显示，威斯康星州的谷仓倒塌，密苏里州北部农村地区的建筑被压毁。
为伊利诺伊州北部提供电力服务的 Commonwealth Edison Company 表示，风暴吹倒了电线杆和电线。该公司在X平台上发文称，预计“在6月13日周六晚上11点前恢复80%的电力供应”。
1 killed in Iowa as severe storms, suspected tornadoes slam Midwest
June 11, 2026 / 9:43 PM EDT / CBS/AP
Severe storms that swept through the Midwest knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights and resulted in at least one death, with new tornadoes touching down late Thursday in communities outside Chicago.
Approximately 11 cities across Illinois and Wisconsin reported tornadoes as of Thursday evening, according to CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan. Wind gusts of 75 miles per hour were reported in Mason City, Illinois, and 70 mph in Morton and Washington, Illinois.
According to utility tracker PowerOutage.us, more than 243,000 customers were without power in Illinois as of Thursday evening.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center upgraded the Chicago area to a level 4 out of 5 on its severe risk scale,meaning widespread severe storms are likely. According to CBS News Chicago, it is the first time Chicago has sen a level 4 risk sinceJuly 15, 2024, when the areasaw a record tornado outbreak with 32 touchdowns. This level of risk is typically seen once every two years.
The National Weather Service said tornadoes had been confirmed in mostly rural areas southwest of Chicago, with some preliminary reports of buildings damaged in Streator, a manufacturing and farm city about 100 miles away.
The city of Streator said in a news release that a confirmed tornado had torn through the city, but Streator Mayor Tara Bedei said in a statement that there were no reported fatalities as of Thursday evening.
Storm chaser and video journalist Scott Laskertold CBS News Chicago he was in Streator, Illinois, during the tornado outbreak and said he heard a woman, about 100 yards away, screaming for help. Lasker ran over to find the woman’s husband was stuck in the rubble and ended up helping rescue him.
This photo provided by Kylie Rouse shows the remnants of Shane and Jimmie Tipton’s home in Unionville, Missouri, on June 10, 2026, after a tornado struck. Kylie Rouse / AP
On Wednesday, the weather service received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. Trees and utility wires were reported down across the region.
In Des Moines, Iowa, a 54-year-old man died at a homeless encampment in a park Wednesday after being hit by a tree that “broke apart and fell during strong storms,” police said in a statement. The man was found critically injured Thursday morning and died at the scene, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of other deaths or injuries from the storms.
Intense downpours, hail and thunderstorms continued Thursday, with the weather service issuing tornado watches or warnings for parts of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. Strong storms delayed or halted flights at airports in some cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey. Parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic also strained under high heat and humidity.
Winery owner Joe Brandonisio of Maple Park, Illinois, told CBS News’ Rob Marciano that one of his workers tied himself to a water trailer to keep from being blown away during a powerful storm.
“I saw the debris fly up and spin around. I got down in the basement. I told the staff to get down there,” Brandonisio said.
Shane Tipton, of Unionville, Missouri, drove home from his factory job Wednesday afternoon, unaware that severe weather was on the way, said his daughter, Kylie Rouse. As he stepped out of his truck, he saw a twister bearing down — and hurried into his mobile home to evacuate his 87-year-old dad, Jimmie Tipton.
They made it back to the truck, drove just far enough away and watched as the tornado obliterated the home. Shattered cabinets, furniture and appliances littered the ground. Clothes hung in trees. They believe they lost one of their hunting dogs, which has been missing since it struck.
“Everything’s destroyed,” Rouse told The Associated Press in a phone interview Thursday. “It was scattered clear for miles. If my grandpa would have been in there, there’s no way that he would be alive.”
They returned to the scene Thursday to hunt through the debris for Jimmie Tipton’s prescriptions. Rouse has started an online fundraiser through GoFundMe to help them recover.
Residents of Springfield, Illinois, believe a tornado touched down in their area late Wednesday. Two buildings at the Animal Protective League shelter in Springfield were heavily damaged, but none of the nearly 150 cats and 28 dogs housed there were injured, said Deana Corbin, the group’s executive director.
“It pretty much wiped out our shelter facility, took the roofs off both of our buildings,” Corbin said. “It’s a miracle. We were so blessed to not have any injuries of either people or animals.”
The community pitched in to take in all the cats and dogs temporarily, including a local animal control center, veterinarians and residents, she said.
Grounds crew removes water from the field after severe thunderstorms came through the Chicago area before a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Atlanta Braves. June 10, 2026. David Banks / AP
Damage was also reported at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield.
Weather service meteorologist Frank Pereira said the system that produced the storms, including high winds and hail, was moving eastward Thursday, fueled by cool air from Canada clashing with warm, humid air from the South.
Potentially dangerous heat and high humidity arrived Thursday and was expected to continue Friday for a swath of the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, where daily high record temperatures could be broken in numerous places, the weather service said. Temperatures in the mid-90s Fahrenheit were expected, but with the humidity it could feel like 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more, the service said.
Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services. New York City officials were also urging residents to take precautions, including drinking plenty of water and finding a cool place to stay if they do not have air conditioning.
At various points Wednesday and Thursday, ground stops were issued at Chicago’s O’Hare International and Midway International airports, and at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
More than 1,000 flights going into and out of Chicago had been delayed or canceled, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking website.
Strong winds blew part of the roof off an apartment building in the Chicago area, forcing residents to leave, according to NBC 5 Chicago. Elsewhere, barns collapsed in Wisconsin and buildings were crushed in rural northern Missouri, photos and video online showed.
Commonwealth Edison Company, which provides electric service across northern Illinois, said the storms had downed poles and wires. On X, it wrote that it expected “80% restoration by Saturday, June 13 at 11 PM.”