The National Weather Service has now confirmed at least seven tornadoes touched down during severe storms Monday in the Chicago area.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday issued a state disaster proclamation for 11 counties ravaged by severe weather this spring and early summer.
Community members and volunteers spent Friday working across Merrillville to help residents recover from an EF-2 tornado that tore through the town about two weeks ago.
Many in the Chicago area were left to deal with more storm damage after Wednesday's round of severe weather.
Severe storms moved through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, leaving behind damage in some places.
Nearly three dozen tornado reports were logged by the Storm Prediction Center in Illinois and Indiana, as supercell thunderstorms roared across the region.