The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch through 4 a.m. Monday for Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Iroquois, Ford, Lee and Livingston counties. The storms could bring hail and winds up to 70 mph.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms move into the area late Sunday night, bringing rain and gusty winds.A tornado watch has been issued until 1 a.m. for some counties adjacent to the Chicago area, including Grundy,

On Saturday at 8:22 p.m. the NWS Fort Worth TX issued an updated tornado watch in effect until Sunday at midnight. The watch is for Denton, Parker, Wise, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague and Palo Pinto counties.

Oklahoma flooding has killed a woman and a child, police say, as the region has been hit by severe storms this weekend.

A slow-moving, active storm system has brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central and Midwest U.