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During this time the tornado was observed to have a multiple-vortex structure with up to three subvortices swirling around the main tornado. [2] The tornado struck a car along Interstate 57, causing it to explode. [2] By 3:30 p.m. the tornado had exited the city and dissipated near Illinois Route 166. The tornado had destroyed the Shawnee ...
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 tornado finally dissipated 2 mi (3.2 km) east-northeast of Long Point at 17:47 UTC, after remaining on the ground for 48 minutes. [43] In total, the tornado caused three fatalities and 125 injuries in two counties and $935 million in damage across four counties. This made it the 10th costliest tornado in United States history. [citation ...
At least one person is dead, several are injured and destruction has been reported in several states after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes and damaging storms from the South to the Ohio ...
At least two tornadoes were reported in Illinois on Friday afternoon, one of which was spotted near Eureka, about 17 miles northeast of Peoria. The second was spotted in Pleasant Plains in ...
An enormous, 2-mile-wide multi-vortex tornado damaged 214 buildings, 2 of which were destroyed. Tens of thousands of trees were either uprooted or chewed. The damage path from the tornado showed several paths of varying damage within one large system. A tree farm of 6000 trees was completely destroyed as well.
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 ...
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