Chicago storms packing 99 mph winds delay flights, leave 250,000 without power

A fast-moving storm with 99 mph winds raced through the Chicago area, leaving a path of destruction focused on the south suburbs and northwest Indiana and hundreds of thousands powerless. It was too early to say if tornadoes touched down in far southern Cook County and northern Will County, where National Weather Service tornado teams would survey. Tornado and thunderstorm warnings expired early in the afternoon, after around 1 or 2 inches of rain likely fell, Weather Service meteorologist…