Across the Chicago area Friday, residents were waking up to devastation, debris, power outages and more after intense storms tore through the area, flattening homes, downing trees and power lines.
“It’s like a war zone,” one resident told NBC Chicago as he surveyed the damage in Merrillville, Indiana.
The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornadoes struck Illinois and northwest Indiana Thursday, with crews expected to survey the damage Friday and into the coming days to determine the strength, number and path of any tornadoes that touched down…