A string of tornadoes (click here) and severe storms left a trail of damage and flooding through Illinois on Sunday, killing at least six people, leveling parts of a town near Peoria, knocking down buildings in Grundy County and forcing fans to scatter for cover at the Bears-Ravens game at Soldier Field that was suspended for two hours....
It looks like Oklahoma in Illinois. It was a tornado outbreak throughout the Midwest.
I knew it wasn't a tornado but I didn't realize the impact that a small mesoscale cell could have. It really rocked my truck. For a fast motion video revealing rotation see http://youtu.be/TQXygry0rU8
At least six people were killed (click here) and 54 others were hurt as a series of tornadoes battered Illinois Sunday.
Severe weather and tornadoes ravaged through much of central Illinois Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, at least 10 tornadoes touched down in Illinois.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency reported six fatalities in the storms. Two fatalities were reported in Massac County, two more in Washington County and another in Washington, Ill., in Tazewell County, according to IEMA spokeswoman Patti Thompson. A sixth fatality was confirmed but it was not immediately clear where it occurred.
The Washington County Coroner also confirmed two fatalities. An 80-year-old man and his 78-year-old sister, who lived in a farm house near New Minden, Ill., were pronounced dead following the tornadoes, according to coroner Mark Styninger.
At least 50 patients in the emergency room at St. Francis Medical Center near Washington, Ill., were reported to be tornado-related, eight of them were trauma cases, according to Amy Paul, a spokeswoman for the hospital.
A news release by the National Guard follows reports that people were trapped in buildings after Sunday's severe weather....
