22 year old Jake Murdie took this photograph of a tornado as it approached his pick up truck as he drove to his home in Symerton from his job in Peotone. Murdie said he had never seen a tornado before, ''It went right over my truck and took out a pole barn on Old Chicago Road.
Tornado touches down south of Chicago; heavy rains deluge Indiana; Wisconsin twister (click here)
Associated Press - June 7, 2008 9:43 PM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - The National Weather Service says a large tornado has touched down in Chicago's southern suburbs.
The twister damaged homes, toppled power lines and overturned semitrailers.
State police say one person was injured on Interstate 57. A swath of the major highway is closed as authorities clear overturned trucks.
A tornado warning has also been issued for Chicago's northern suburbs.
Tornadoes earlier in Wisconsin injured at least five people.
And in Indiana, dams are near collapse and the Coast Guard has been moving people out of threatened homes after 10 inches of rain fell today.
One state official says 90% of Paragon, southwest of Indianapolis, is underwater.
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has declared an emergency in 10 counties.
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