The warning affected a narrow, but densely populated area that included downtown Chicago. Flash flooding was seen from the downtown area through the West Side along the Eisenhower Expressway to Oak Park, as the slow-moving storm hovered stubbornly over the area.

India's equity benchmarks were little changed on Wednesday as gains in fast-moving consumer goods stocks were offset by losses in IT stocks, while investors continued to remain on the sidelines amid uncertainty over U.