2026-08-11T19:09:09-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
周二，恶劣雷暴和极端阵风重创美国中西部地区，强天气导致近100万用户断电。
天空乌云密布，龙卷风预警警报响彻天际。芝加哥两大主要机场临时停飞所有航班，官员警告称，随着航班积压逐步清理，后续仍将出现延误。据航班追踪网站FlightAware数据，周二芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场进出港航班中有45%延误，10%被取消。
在俄亥俄州，州首府区域大范围停电，目前已有至少一人死亡的报告。
社交媒体上发布的芝加哥地区照片显示，道路被淹、树木缠在电线上，房屋屋顶出现破损。
2026年8月11日，伊利诺伊州廷利帕克，一段视频画面显示风暴过后屋顶受损。美联社记者劳拉·巴格菲尔德 摄
据电力追踪网站PowerOutage.us数据，截至周二晚间，伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、俄亥俄州和肯塔基州共有超过99.1万名用户断电。
美国国家气象局气象学家斯科特·贝克表示，中西部正处于所谓“火环”的外围区域，该区域会带来持续的过量水汽、大气不稳定因素和风暴。火环现象指大片高压带形成，并在其边缘引发强降雨和雷暴天气。
气象局当天早些时候直白警告：“这些风暴极具危险性！”
哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥站的气象记者报道称，至少两场疑似龙卷风席卷了芝加哥南部多个郊区以及印第安纳州西北部地区。
在芝加哥南部的弗洛斯莫尔村，多条电线和树木被吹倒。
“狂风开始肆虐，你能听到杂物同时撞击房屋四周的声音。窗外能见度不足两英尺，情况变得非常糟糕。于是我心想，‘赶紧下楼躲起来’，”弗洛斯莫尔居民吉尔伯特·卡西亚斯告诉哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥站。
54岁的贾维德·詹金斯家住芝加哥郊区霍姆伍德，他当时正开车四处寻找汽油，准备启动发电机保存冰箱里的食物。
“完全断电了，场面十分吓人。我们当时躲在地下室里，”詹金斯说，“我们这里的房子是为暴雪和严寒设计的，根本没经历过这种情况。”
2026年8月11日，伊利诺伊州芝加哥郊区霍姆伍德的风暴损毁现场。哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥站 摄
多个个人气象站报告出现了时速80英里甚至更高的阵风。
“彻底被摧毁了，屋顶没了，”住在芝加哥郊区廷利帕克的凯丽·奥里根站在自己居住了25年的家门外说道，“说起来有点傻，但我当时满脑子都是我刚买了新的烧烤架，现在完全不知道它在哪，已经不见了踪影。”
印第安纳州西北部的波蒂奇市官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥站，一场强烈风暴期间发生的房屋爆炸造成至少一人死亡。现场航拍画面显示，一栋被大火吞噬的房屋周围散落着大量残骸。目前尚不清楚爆炸原因是否与恶劣天气有关。
在印第安纳州克朗波因特，居民们正在清理被严重损毁的树木。海莉·莫根告诉哥伦比亚广播公司芝加哥站，她和同事们躲在浴室里，等待风暴过去。
“紧接着，不到五秒钟，狂风就来了，”莫根说，“感觉门都要被吹开了。我们死死顶住门，还用挂锁把门锁上了。太疯狂了。我甚至不知道能不能平安到家，因为据说周边所有道路都封闭了，根本过不去。”
原计划举办10天的印第安纳州莱克县博览会已进入第五天，当天活动被迫取消，不少原本期待观看一场侏儒职业摔跤赛事的观众倍感失望。
印第安纳州拉波特县专员乔·哈尼表示，当地出现了“极其严重的树木损毁情况”。
在俄亥俄州，州长迈克·德温称，罗斯维尔一名居民在健康紧急状况中死亡，原因是救援人员因道路被淹无法及时赶到。他警告称，洪水风险仍将持续。
“这场恶劣天气不会在今晚结束，”德温说道。
事实上，气象预报员表示，多轮降雨将在俄亥俄河谷地区持续引发洪水风险，直至周五早些时候。
俄亥俄州哥伦布市官员在新一轮风暴来临前提前让当地政府工作人员下班。俄亥俄州韦斯特维尔的图书馆因雨水涌入中庭而临时关闭。
伊恩·李对本文亦有贡献。
Powerful storms, suspected tornadoes slam Midwest, leave hundreds of thousands without power
2026-08-11T19:09:09-0400 / CBS/AP
Severe weather cut power to nearly 1 million customers in the Midwest as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday.
Tornado warning sirens howled as the skies darkened. All flights were temporarily stopped at Chicago’s two major airports, and officials warned of delays as the backlog was cleared. According to the flight tracking website FlightAware, 45% of flights in and out of Chicago O’Hare International Airport were delayed on Tuesday, and 10% were canceled.
In Ohio, power outages swept the state capital region, and at least one death was reported.
Photos from the Chicago area posted on social media showed flooded roads, trees tangled in power lines and homes with gashes in their roofs.
In this image made from video, a roof is damaged after a strong storm in Tinley Park, Illinois, on Aug. 11, 2026. AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld
As of Tuesday evening, more than 991,000 customers were without power across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.
National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Baker said the Midwest was on the outer edge of what is known as a “ring of fire,” which brings waves of excessive moisture, instability and storms. A ring of fire occurs when a large zone of high atmospheric pressure forms and triggers heavy rain and thunderstorms along its edges.
The weather service bluntly warned earlier in the day: “These are dangerous storms!”
Meteorologists with CBS News Chicago reported that at least two suspected tornadoes tore through several suburbs in south Chicago and northwest Indiana.
In the south Chicago village of Flossmoor, there were several downed power lines and trees.
“Wind started blowing, and you can hear debris hitting all sides of the house at the same time. I couldn’t see more than 2 feet from outside the window. It got pretty bad. So I’m like, ‘Let’s get downstairs,’” Flossmoor resident Gilbert Casillas told CBS News Chicago.
Javid Jenkins, 54, of Homewood, a Chicago suburb, said he was driving around for gas to fire up a generator to preserve food in his refrigerator.
“No power. It was very scary. We were down in the basement,” Jenkins said. “We’re built for snow. We’re built for cold. We’re not built for this.”
Storm damage in the Chicago, Illinois, suburb of Homewood. Aug. 11, 2026. CBS News Chicago
There were numerous reports of wind gusts of 80 mph or more at personal weather stations.
“Total devastation. No roof,” said Kerry Hourigan, standing outside her home of 25 years in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park. “Stupid thing, but my focus was I just bought a new barbecue grill, and I have no idea where that is. It’s disappeared.”
In the northwest Indiana city of Portage, a home explosion during the powerful storm killed at least one person, city officials told CBS News Chicago. Aerial images of the site showed a massive debris field around the remains of a house that was engulfed in flames. It was not immediately clear if the cause of the explosion was linked to the severe weather.
In Crown Point, Indiana, homeowners were cleaning up significant tree damage. Hailey Mogan told CBS News Chicago that she and her co-workers barricaded themselves in a bathroom waiting for the storm to pass.
“The next thing you know, like, not even 5 seconds later, just wind,” Mogan said. “Literally about to blow our door open. We were holding it shut and we had to padlock it. It’s crazy. I don’t even know if I’m going to get home because they’re saying everywhere around here is closed, can’t get through.”
The fifth day of the 10-day Lake County, Indiana, Fair was canceled, disappointing fans who were hoping to see a professional wrestling event involving people under 5 feet tall.
Nearby in LaPorte County, Indiana, there was a “tremendous amount of tree damage,” Commissioner Joe Haney said.
In Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said a resident of Roseville died during a health emergency when first responders, faced with flooded roads, couldn’t get there. He warned that flood dangers would persist.
“This is not something that will end tonight,” DeWine said of the severe weather.
Indeed, forecasters said multiple rounds of rain would cause flood hazards in the Ohio Valley through early Friday.
Officials in Columbus, Ohio, sent local government workers home early ahead of another round of storms. The library in Westerville, Ohio, closed after rain poured into the atrium.
and Ian Lee contributed to this report.
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