A viral video captured the moment a Gary resident and his son saved their family dog just moments before a tornado swept through and destroyed their backyard.

Forecasters issued some of their rarest and most extreme alerts on Wednesday as they warned a powerful storm system would stall over the central part of the country.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for the western half of the state through 1.am. A powerful squall line has formed across Illinois and will is moving into western Indiana. Damaging winds, large and

The potent storm system will bring “significant, life-threatening flash flooding” each day through Saturday, the National Weather Service said.

Tornadoes and violent storms struck parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air as a swath of severe weather hit the region.

The emergency service agency secured funds in 2024 to install seven new sirens across the county. One will be placed in Sellersburg, Indiana.

Severe storms earlier this week produced five EF-1 tornadoes but powerful, long-lived tornadoes aren't uncommon either in Kentucky.

One week after multiple tornadoes hit Northwest Indiana, Gary and Highland are continuing to clean up the damage.