The tornado watch is in effect till 7 p.m. for Chicago, the surrounding south and west suburbs and northwest Indiana. The National Weather Service warns of tornadoes, hail the size of ping-pong balls and 70 mph winds.

Most of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky's tornado watches have been canceled as showers and thunderstorms continue Sunday night.

Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail are possible Monday as a severe storm is expected to move through central North Carolina, forecasters say. The storm may reach the Triangle around 3 p.m. and could continue until 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Raleigh.

A potent storm system is tracking through the South and East today with a threat of severe storms that could produce destructive straight-line winds, large hail and a few tornadoes. Right on the heels of this system,

The next round of severe weather begins Tuesday night in the Plains and potentially peaks with an outbreak Wednesday in the Midwest and South that could pack significant tornadoes, widespread damaging winds and large hail.

Three people were killed in a crash near Climax, in Kalamazoo County, while roughly 183,000 customers are without power in Michigan.

A truck driver died early Sunday in Valparaiso, Indiana, when strong winds flipped his vehicle. In Oklahoma’s Cherokee County, a thunderstorm knocked a tree onto a couple’s trailer, killing a man inside,

Powerful storms are forecast to move east after pelting the central U.S. with heavy wind and giant hailstones, causing at least five deaths and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast are bracing for storms that damaged buildings and whipped up tornadoes in the Midwest and Southern states.