Severe winds and storms overnight left a trail of damage across the Chicago area and in parts of Illinois. The far west suburbs followed tornado warnings in Dupage, Kendall, Kane, and Dekalb counties.

Strong storms swept across the country overnight including in Illinois. Firefighters in northwest suburban Elgin responded to several downed power lines.

Many communities will have a lot of clean-up ahead in the coming hours, especially as the sun comes up and the damage becomes more visible.

A multi-day severe weather outbreak is set to bring tornadoes, flash flooding and damaging winds from the Midwest to the South to the East Coast.