A likely tornado has torn through a small village in northwest Illinois, ripping down power lines and trees, stripping roofs and forcing officials to shut down the community.

Six tornadoes were reported and hail up to 4 inches across damaged cars and homes. Damage surveys are underway as heavy rain raises flooding concerns in parts of the region.

Five tornadoes hit the Kansas City area Monday night. Did a change in National Weather Service balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark about the threat for much of the day?

Communities across the Midwest are still cleaning up from tornadoes that hit earlier this week. Another threat could bring more violent storms on Friday to parts of the region. Meanwhile, historic flooding in Michigan triggered evacuations in some areas.

CNN reports that more than 24 tornadoes have been reported from eastern Kansas to southern Minnesota and Wisconsin since Monday night, with more severe weather possible in some areas for the next 24 hours. The report also has an interactive map of the United States showing at least 27 reported tornadoes in the last seven days.

After severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again. Authorities in Kansas reported several people with minor injuries after storms passed through on Monday.

A week of severe storm threats across the central US started with a bang Monday, with multiple tornadoes demolishing buildings in Kansas, heavy rain stranding vehicles on flooded streets in Wisconsin and baseball-sized hail battering parts of three states.

Philadelphia hit 91 degrees on Wednesday afternoon, which is also the first 90-degree day in the City of Brotherly Love this year. New York City also set a daily high record on Wednesday. The Big Apple hit 90 degrees, breaking the previous record of 87 degrees on April 15, 1941.

Heavy thunderstorms and possible tornadoes are hitting a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday into Wednesday, with longtime forecaster Jim Cantore urging citizens to prepare themselves. This

Severe thunderstorms tore across parts of the Midwest, producing multiple tornadoes and unleashing destructive hail and damaging wind.

The entire Chicago area is under a tornado watch as two rounds of severe storms are racing toward us from the west.