CEDAR LAKE, Ind. — A woman was killed after a tree fell on a home during Monday night’s severe weather in Northwest Indiana.
Lake County officials were dispatched around 10:20 p.m. to a house in the 8900 block of West 141st Lane. According to authorities, a tree fell on the house.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman as 44-year-old Laura Nagel. According to the coroner, only one person lived inside the home.
No other injuries have been reported. A death investigation is underway.
Multiple tornadoes were reported along the line of Monday’s storms that moved through Chicagoland, according to the National Weather Service, which planned to survey a number of areas following the reports.
Nearly 390,000 customers were left without power in northern Illinois alone, according to poweroutage.us.