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| Illinois tornadoes: Photos of the storm's destruction across the Midwest | Illinois tornadoes: Photos of the storm's destruction across the Midwest |
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| Five tornadoes hit central Illinois on Monday night causing significant property damage and injuring at least seven people. | |
| The National Weather Service radar showed at least seven possible tornado tracks south and west of Chicago, the Associated Press reported. Local authorities had confirmed at least 7 people were injured with only one taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. | The National Weather Service radar showed at least seven possible tornado tracks south and west of Chicago, the Associated Press reported. Local authorities had confirmed at least 7 people were injured with only one taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. |
| The storms reportedly touched down in Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Lee and Will counties. Thomas Logan, a Coal City police officer, told the Chicago-Sun Times that searching for injured people had begun on foot. | The storms reportedly touched down in Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Lee and Will counties. Thomas Logan, a Coal City police officer, told the Chicago-Sun Times that searching for injured people had begun on foot. |
| “We have trees down, we have [power] lines down, we have poles down and we have flooding. We tried to get over there one time just using a normal truck and we got bogged down.” | “We have trees down, we have [power] lines down, we have poles down and we have flooding. We tried to get over there one time just using a normal truck and we got bogged down.” |
| Nearly 19,000 ComEd customers were still without power Tuesday morning and roughly 55,000 were in the dark. Joe Schroeder, the Grundy County Emergency Management director, told WGN-TV that at least 30 buildings were affected by the storms and that a shelter was opened at a local high school. | Nearly 19,000 ComEd customers were still without power Tuesday morning and roughly 55,000 were in the dark. Joe Schroeder, the Grundy County Emergency Management director, told WGN-TV that at least 30 buildings were affected by the storms and that a shelter was opened at a local high school. |
| Here are photos of the wreckage: | Here are photos of the wreckage: |
| Fuerte tornado en Illinois, EE.UU. deja 7 heridos. #ADN8 @CanalJudicial con @okogonzalez08 112 IZZI 639 SKY 731 DISH pic.twitter.com/cNbOVe8wcN | Fuerte tornado en Illinois, EE.UU. deja 7 heridos. #ADN8 @CanalJudicial con @okogonzalez08 112 IZZI 639 SKY 731 DISH pic.twitter.com/cNbOVe8wcN |
| #Tornado reported as storms swept through N #Illinois Monday night. Several injured, power down & homes damaged. Jo pic.twitter.com/CeqqiFRbpw | #Tornado reported as storms swept through N #Illinois Monday night. Several injured, power down & homes damaged. Jo pic.twitter.com/CeqqiFRbpw |
| The morning after. No pill needed. pic.twitter.com/LpH9Cxw9C6 | The morning after. No pill needed. pic.twitter.com/LpH9Cxw9C6 |
| See photos and our coverage of Monday night's tornado touchdowns: http://t.co/EyFDBFXGtA pic.twitter.com/BqsFICRYJ4 | See photos and our coverage of Monday night's tornado touchdowns: http://t.co/EyFDBFXGtA pic.twitter.com/BqsFICRYJ4 |