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The toll appeared to be highest in Arkansas, where officials in Pulaski County announced a confirmed fatality in North Little Rock. The path of destruction included parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois and Tennessee. Powerful tornadoes and storms roared across multiple states Friday, leaving at least 12 people dead, dozens injured and entire neighborhoods destroyed. Please click here for the latest on this story. He was transported to LaGrange Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.This article is no longer being updated. In McCook, a truck driver was injured after their truck was blown over and rolled into a guard rail. "It's the worst I've ever seen and I've been here about 40 years. "The sound started real loud and the wind was really bad and you could see everything was falling over," Indian Head Park resident Gary Malone said. Residents said there hasn't been a storm like this nearby in a long time. Large tree limbs toppled onto cars at an apartment complex and near homes. Fortunately, no injuries were reported there. In Indian Head Park, four townhomes in the Chestnut on the Green subdivision have been deemed uninhabitable by a building inspector, the town's police chief said.Ī number of other homes south of I-55 had broken windows, siding and damaged shingles.Ĭhopper 7HD captured aerials of a townhouse in Indian Head Park with a back wall ripped away, exposing other parts of the home. Fortunately, there were no reports of any injuries. She has no basement," said Eileen Baehrend.Ĭountryside police said four homes were left uninhabitable. And then our neighbor next door was standing there with her baby. "We heard this horrible noise pounding on the front door like a train and Mary opened the door. So far only four homes have been deemed uninhabitable, and all power is expected to be restored by the end of the day.īut amidst it all is a great sense of a relief that no one was injured, an incredible thing when you hear some of the stories from last night. Hundred-year-old trees were ripped straight out of the ground, and powers lines were damaged, but by Thursday afternoon the trees were being cut up and cleared out and electricity was being restored. "We had a lot of trees down and some damage to the side of the house, a couple broken windows and now we're just trying to clean up," he said. Jason Lovelace and his family are in the thick of it. Wood chippers and chainsaws are buzzing as crews work to clear out the debris. Thursday morning she came back to gather some of her belongings and marvel at the damage. and I'm glad I didn't go down to the basement because I would have got hit by something ,probably," Novak said. "I just was looking out that window and saw things flying and I thought, 'Oh please stop and then. 47 and ended near the railroad tracks west of Villa Olivia Golf Course.Ī second tornado in Elgin, an EF-0, began close to McDonald Road and ended along Hopps Road. The NWS said the Elgin tornado was an EF-1 with maximum wind speed of 100 mph and a track roughly started east of Rt. The latest tornadoes confirmed Thursday night were an EF-0 that traveled from Carol Stream to Glendale Heights, an EF-0 from Itasca to O'Hare Airport, an EF-0 from O'Hare Airport to the southeast side of Des Plaines, and an EF-0 in Streamwood. The National Weather Service has confirmed tornadoes touched down in Cicero, Huntley, Elgin, Barrington, Long Grove, Des Plaines, Glendale Heights, Streamwood and at O'Hare International Airport. CHICAGO (WLS) - At least 11 tornadoes touched down in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday, even as another storm cell prompted a couple brief tornado warnings in the far northwest suburbs Thursday night.
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