F5 tornado raked through two northern Illinois counties on the far southwestern edge of Chicagoland. The twister tore a 16-mile path through parts of the towns of Plainfield and Crystal Lawns that ...

The Plainfield tornado touched down on Aug. 28, 1990, and remains the only F-5 tornado ever recorded in the state of Illinois. Even more staggering, it remains the strongest August tornado on record ...

The weather forecast for Will County called for thunderstorms on Aug. 28, 1990. No advanced tornado warnings or watches were issued. Then, an F5 twister tore into parts of Oswego, Crest Hill, Joliet ...

If you have a love for disaster movies, it is probably thanks to the 1996 film Twister. Luckily, the genre has made a return ...