Kankakee County, south of Chicago, declared a state of emergency and said local officials and sheriff’s deputies were carrying out search and rescue efforts, as well as damage assessments. There have been no confirmed reports of deaths so far.
A house in the village of Aroma Park had its roof partially blown off and its walls collapsed, NBC Chicago reported. The local school district is shut Wednesday.
The resident, who gave his name as Bob, told NBC Chicago that the storm “started getting louder and I started hearing stuff breaking and caving in and pretty soon my kitchen fell on top of me from upstairs.”
“Everything caved in, the fridge and everything. Luckily, I was in, like, a hole, so I didn’t get hurt at all — I was just trapped,” he said. Neighbors came to rescue him.
Rob Churchill, the chief of the Lake Township Fire Department, said in a video posted to
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