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ALT 1. Mayor Brandon Johnson poses for a photo with three Puerto Rican Chicagoan women across the parade barrier at the Puerto Rican People's Day Parade in Humboldt Park.
ALT 2. Top: Mayor Johnson, Alderperson Jessie Fuentes, Congresswoman Delia Ramirez, Isabela, Puerto Rico Mayor Ricky Mendez, and other community leaders wave and march at the Puerto Rican People's Day Parade in Humboldt Park. Bottom: A Puerto Rican Chicagoan woman, with hair partially dyed blue and in a Cubs jersey, excitedly waves a Puerto Rican flag over the barrier at the Puerto Rican People's Day Parade in Humboldt Park.
ALT A diagram titled "Know Where to Go When Sheltering from a Tornado" features a cross-section of a two-story house. The attic and exterior rooms are marked with red Xs, indicating they do not protect against tornadoes. Interior rooms on the ground floor and basement are marked with green checkmarks, showing they provide better protection. A NOAA logo is present, and text advises moving to a basement or interior room with no windows.
ALT Headline: Threat for Strong Tornadoes Today. Sub Headline: Greatest threat will be near a remnant surface boundary this afternoon. There is a threat for strong (EF-2 ) tornadoes between 4 and 8 PM especially in the dark red shaded area along a stalled warm front. The threat for tornadoes will be highest if storms can stay discrete, or by themselves. The main source of uncertainty is where the warm front will stall this evening. It may be in northern Illinois or southern Wisconsin. Threat Zone for Strong Tornadoes 4 to 8 PM. What To Do. Graphic Created: Thursday, June 11, 2026 5:02 AM CDT
ALT The image provides three ways to contact 3-1-1 in Chicago: by calling 3-1-1, visiting 311.chicago.gov, or downloading the CHI311 app. The OEMC logo is at the bottom right.
ALT Este gráfico muestra la localización en el mapa de un aviso de tormenta severa. El aviso estará en efecto hasta las 4:30 PM CDT. El aviso incluye a Chicago IL, Cicero IL, Evanston IL. El aviso incluye el este del condado de Dupage Is Cancelled. Las amenazas asociadas a este aviso son: ráfagas de viento de 70 MPH y granizo del tamaño de una pequeña canica. Hay 3,097,052 personas bajo este aviso incluyendo 727 escuelas y 51 hospitales.
ALT This graphic displays a severe thunderstorm warning plotted on a map. The warning is in effect until 4:30 PM CDT. The warning includes Chicago IL, Cicero IL and Evanston IL. This warning is for Eastern Dupage County Is Cancelled. The threats associated with this warning are wind gusts up to 70 MPH and pea sized hail. There are 3,097,052 people in the warning along with 727 schools and 51 hospitals.
ALT 1. Photo of Mayor Johnson Signing the ICE Free Zones executive order at a wooden desk. Text: Three years of protecting Chicago. Roughly one in ten Americans now live in cities with policies modeled on Chicago’s pushback to Trump’s federal overreach, including New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Seattle, and more.
ALT 2. Top Photo: Mayor Johnson waving to the crowd from the stage at the No Kings Rally in Grant Park in March of 2026. Text: Mayor Johnson established the Protecting Chicago Initiative in 2025. Bottom Photo: Mayor Johnson standing at a lectern in front of Governor Pritzker and other state and city leaders at the wolf point river park on the Chicago River. The lectern sign reads, "Chicago: the city of big shoulders." Text: The Mayor’s executive order mobilized the city to defend Chicagoans’ rights against federal overreach.
