Chicago, June 22 (TIWN) At least five people were injured, one critically, when a tornado tore through Chicago's western suburbs, according to authorities in the US city.

The tornado first hit Naperville at around 11.10 p.m. on Sunday night, injuring the five persons, Xinhua news agency quoted Kate Schultz, a spokeswoman for the Naperville city manager's office, as saying on Monday.

Sixteen homes have been deemed uninhabitable by city engineers and at least 10 people have been displaced.

At least 125 home damage reports had come in from Naperville alone, Schultz said.

The tornado then swept to the southwest suburban Village of Woodridge at around 11.30 p.m.

Authorities in Woodridge said no significant injuries had been reported there.