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The third violent tornado to affect Illinois this day was also the deadliest tornado of the entire outbreak. The F4 tornado that swept through Palos Hills, Oak Lawn, Hometown, Evergreen Park, and skipped through Chicago's Southside, killed 33 people. The path of this tornado was 16 miles long, and at times 200 yards (180 m) wide.
The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. [1] It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado ever officially recorded in August in the United States (unofficially the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
A destructive F5 tornado killed 7 people in or around Lacon, and losses from the tornado totaled $600,000 (1942 USD). This tornado is the most recent F5 or EF5 tornado to hit Central Illinois. An F2 tornado killed two people in Lincoln County, [26] [25] and an FU tornado was reported west of Findlay. [25]
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Tornadoes ravaged the Chicago area on July 13, destroying homes, disrupting flights and prompting sirens across the city's skyline. Tornadoes touch down across Chicago area [Video] Skip to main ...
On the evening of June 20, 2021, an intense tornado affected the Chicago suburbs of Naperville, Woodridge, Darien, Burr Ridge, and Willow Springs in DuPage and Cook Counties in Illinois. It was the strongest tornado spawned by a surface low over Wisconsin, which spawned a total of four tornadoes across Illinois and Indiana. The tornado ...
As the nation's insurance adjusters descend on Mississippi and Alabama to assess the damage of last weekend's deadly tornado, one question that worries its victims is whether insurers will try to ...
The tornado produced a satellite tornado, rated an EFU due to being in open fields, and it traveled for 2.6 miles (4.2 km). The main tornado caused extensive tree damage; a large shed containing a fire engine was destroyed, the fire engine tipping onto its side. Eventually, the tornado dissipated a few miles east of Long Point. [39] [40] [41]