 Meanwhile, severe storms tore through the Chicago area last night, sparking a number of reported tornadoes, outages and damage. Sarah Sturmwell 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. The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado hit Des Moines, Iowa. Storms rolled through Monday afternoon and into the night.