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The tornado then continued to produce F4 damage in Ohio as it hit the communities of Harrison, Crosby Township, and New Baltimore. In Hamilton County alone, the tornado damaged 800–900 homes and 31 businesses plus three schools; of these, 32 homes were reported destroyed, some so completely that their foundations were left "practically barren ...
A brief F1 tornado caused minimal damage in Mason City, [42] and an F3 tornado hit the crossroads of Illinois Routes 154–150, damaging six homes and causing $250,000 (1957 USD) in damages. [43] An F2 tornado moved for 4.5 miles across Jefferson County , deroofing multiple buildings and injuring two people. [ 44 ]
Petersburg was damaged by an earthquake originating in the New Madrid Fault on July 18, 1909. The earthquake was felt over most of central Illinois, but Petersburg suffered the most widespread damage. The portions of Petersburg located below the bluffs suffered major flood damage during the intense flood season of 1993.
Survey crew found preliminary EF 1 tornado damage associated with the tornado. ... At least two tornadoes were reported in Illinois on Friday afternoon, one of which was spotted near Eureka, about ...
Central Illinois residents on Monday continued assessing damage from rare December tornadoes, including a half-mile-wide one that injured at least 20 people.
The weather service said EF-1 tornadoes struck two other areas of suburban Chicago in Illinois. EF-0 twisters were reported in Illinois and Indiana suburbs of Chicago.
With damage estimated at $1.6 billion, the tornado outbreak became the seventh weather event and fifth tornado outbreak in the U.S. to accrue over $1 billion in damage that year. Tornadoes alone were responsible for $1.067 billion in damage, with the EF4 tornado that struck Washington, Illinois accounting for $935 million of the total.
One person was critically injured and four others had minor injuries after a tornado ripped through Woodridge, a town about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. At least 5 people injured, dozen homes ...