 Right now, cloudy and 82 degrees. Severe storms tore through the Chicago area Monday night, sparking a number of reported tornadoes, outages and damage. Sarah Sturmel describes what it was like in her neighborhood. Transformers in our backyards all blew and a tree fell onto them. Now we're trying to figure out what all has been affected out here. Trees are everywhere. We were already hit with branches in the backyard.