Tornado and storms batter Illinois and Alabama, causing damage and deaths

Severe thunderstorms tore through the Chicago area on Sunday night after the National Weather Service said a "confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado" had touched down in a western suburb of the city, causing damage.

Chicago-area utility Commonwealth Edison's (ComEd) website showed that more than 22,000 customers were without power as the thunderstorms swept through the region, near Lake Michigan in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois.

In Alabama, nine children and a young father were killed in a multi-car crash during Tropical Storm Claudette on Sunday.

Global News’ meteorologist Ross Hull has more.

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