A severe storm system caused multiple tornadoes to rip through the Midwest on Sunday, Nov. 17, destroying homes, knocking out power, and delaying the Bears-Ravens football game at Soldier Field as it blew through the region. As of Monday morning, six deaths have been reported.

The tornadoes leveled homes and demolished entire neighborhoods in Illinois and Indiana. Some 80 tornado reports were received, along with 358 reports of damaging winds and 40 reports of large hail, according to Rich Thompson, a lead forecaster with the weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla.

The National Weather Service confirmed preliminary EF-4 tornado damage in Washington County in southern Illinois, with winds of 166 to 200 miles per hour.

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