1 killed, 28 injured in Belvidere theater roof collapse during storms: ‘Absolute chaos’

At least one person was killed and 28 were injured when high winds knocked down the roof of a theater in Belvidere, Illinois, while hundreds of people were attending a heavy metal concert Friday night. The destruction in the city about 70 miles northwest of Chicago happened as a powerful severe weather system raked the Midwest. It wasn’t clear if a tornado had actually touched down to cause what the Belvidere police chief described as “chaos” — but the brutal aftermath was unquestionable. Calls started coming in shortly before 8...