And you thought Tornado Alley was all about Kansas.
Scores of tornadoes battered the Midwest over the weekend, killing at least six people in Illinois and injuring dozens more, flattening buildings, and knocking out power for thousands.
Tornado watches were declared for swaths of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin on Sunday. On Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said 77 tornadoes had been reported, mostly in Illinois, although the agency warned that some of those reports could represent multiple accounts of the same storm.
While the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas, as well as parts of Texas, are collectively known as Tornado Alley for their frequent storms, the weekend was a reminder that Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin are also tornado-prone.
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