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On November 17, 2013, the deadliest and costliest November tornado outbreak in Illinois history took shape, becoming the fourth-largest for the state overall. [2] With more than 30 tornadoes in Indiana, it was that state's largest tornado outbreak for the month of November, and the second largest outbreak recorded in Indiana. [3]
Cairo (/ ˈ k ɛər oʊ / KAIR-oh, [4] sometimes / ˈ k eɪ r oʊ / KAY-roh) [5] is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County.A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees.
Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
The storm Nov. 17, 2013, left an indelible mark on central Illinois residents. Here are six of their stories about the day 10 years ago. Survivors share memories of resilience, rebuilding after ...
The tornadoes were part of a larger system that wreaked havoc from Arkansas to Iowa and Illinois and moved into Tennessee by the evening. Nearly 60 preliminary tornado reports were sent to the ...
When a tornado caused extensive damage in the greater Peoria area, Pekinites provided key assistance to residents whose homes were damaged. A decade later: Pekinites look back on deadly 2013 ...
List of tornadoes in the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak: Cairo—Bluffton, Ohio: 1965 April 11: 13 104 F4 List of tornadoes in the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 1,071) Lake Bruin, Louisiana: 1927 February 17: 13 100 F2 (Grazulis, p. 805) Robinsonville, Mississippi: 1893 April 12: 13 100 F3 (Grazulis, p. 661) Rye Cove ...
They represent 19 people who were injured and the family of the man who was killed when an EF-1 tornado packing winds of 100 mph struck the Apollo Theatre, 104 N. State St., causing the roof to ...