TORNADOES STRIKE IN ILLINOIS

Tornadoes damaged homes in northeastern Illinois Sunday and toppled a tree onto a car, killing two people and injuring two others, police said.

The storm also brought torrential rains and high winds that buffeted northern parts of the state.

One tornado touched down around 5:30 p.m. CDT outside Elgin, in a sparsely populated area called Lily Lake, about 35 miles west of Chicago, police said.

"We had about 15 minutes warning and the (disaster-warning) sirens sounded," State Police Sgt. Jim Peal said.

Two people were killed and two others injured in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs when a tree fell on their car, police Lt. Ed Rohrbacher said.

Other tornado touchdowns were reported in Lake, Cook and Kane counties, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries, National Weather Service spokesman Zelda Williams said.

The twisters were created by a fast-moving cold front that ran into warm air prevailing in the region. Temperatures had reached into the 70s Sunday.