{"id":890994,"date":"2026-06-25T04:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/890994\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T04:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:24:18","slug":"video-strong-winds-blow-large-branch-on-moving-car-in-chicago-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/890994\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Strong winds blow large branch on moving car in Chicago \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Severe weather left homes and cars damaged, trees split and streets littered with branches across Chicago area on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings were issued across the region as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/severe-weather-threat-upgraded-for-chicago-area-with-2-waves-possible-wednesday\/3953063\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">storms rolled through<\/a>, with the biggest threats coming from damaging wind gusts and hail and the potential for an isolated tornado to spin up. <\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video shared with NBC Chicago captured the moment a large tree branch fell on a moving car in Chicago&#8217;s Beverly neighborhood near 104th and Seely.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurveillance video shared with NBC Chicago captured the moment a large tree branch fell on a moving car in Chicago&#8217;s Beverly neighborhood,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Video captured by an NBC Chicago photographer showed bits of the branch scattered around the street after it hit the car. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_05-104th-and-Seely.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dark clouds could also be seen swirling in the skies over nearby suburban Tinley Park during the storms. <\/p>\n<p>In suburban Bartlett, several trees came crashing down on houses, yards and streets in the area. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5_09-NVP-STRINGER-BloomingdaleBartlett.mp4.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Elgin, a pickup truck stood no chance against a massive tree that came crashing down on it near Ford and Elma.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_17-WMAQ-10P-M-F-_-VO-ELGIN-Chi-West-Suburban-Storm-Damage.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Streamwood, some homes saw damage to the roof and siding. Some smaller trees in the area were also damaged. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_00-storm-damage-6.24.26-laurel-oaks-dr-streamwood-il.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Severe weather left homes and cars damaged, trees split and streets littered with branches across Chicago area on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":890995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[24597,960,5386,1818],"class_list":["post-890994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-beverly","tag-chicago","tag-il","tag-illinois"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116808849393328057","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}