Severe Midwest weather

ROCHELLE, Ill. — Authorities said one person was killed and seven were injured in the tiny northern Illinois community of Fairdale after at least one large tornado touched down in the area, authorities said Thursday night.

Rockford Fire Department division chief Matthew Knott told ABC7-TV “every single” one of the approximately 50 structures in Fairdale has been damaged.

He says “most” have been flattened.

Elsewhere, the Weather Service in Davenport, Iowa, said it had received multiple reports of tornadoes in Scott and Clinton counties in the far eastern part of the state. The severe weather also forced the cancellation of more than 850 flights at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and dozens of others at the city’s Midway International Airport.