Multiple rounds of storms pounded the Chicago area Monday afternoon, evening, and late night — prompting tornado and flash flood warnings, and causing flight and commuter train delays, power outages,

The Chicago area is under a flood watch following a weekend of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding throughout the city and suburbs, bringing downed trees and other damage. The watch, which the National Weather Service issued just before 2:30 p.

Parts of the Chicago area were inundated by nearly six inches of rain in mere hours overnight, causing flash flooding across the region.