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Heavy damage was reported in LaSalle County, Illinois as well as in Livingston County, Illinois. A tornado emergency was issued in the Peoria area after multiple sightings just outside the city. Heavy damage was reported in the Elmwood and Yates City area. [7] In Streator, an EF2 tornado damaged 180 homes, destroyed 20 homes and injured 17 ...
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]
As it passed through the business district of Oak Lawn, the tornado leveled many homes that were built entirely of brick. [11] In Oak Lawn, the tornado threw 25–40 vehicles from the intersection of Southwest Highway and W. 95th St. (US-12/20), [6] killing 16 people who were stuck in traffic during the rush hour. [5]
Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. News. Science & Tech. ... visits the theater on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in downtown Belvidere. Twenty-two tornadoes touched down across Illinois and Indiana ...
The final F4 tornado of the day struck Westphalia and Fowler, Michigan, destroying three homes and damaging 18. The tornado injured eight people and killed 34 sheep. An F3 tornado tore through the south side of Grand Rapids, Michigan, destroying 65 buildings, causing major damage to another 60 and minor damage to 275. No deaths occurred but 32 ...
It's been a little more than ten years since a tornado ripped through the northwest section of Pekin. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado crossed the Illinois River from Peoria ...
Oak Lawn is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 58,362 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Oak Lawn is a suburb of Chicago , located southwest of the city.
This tornado also injured hundreds more at schools, and killed many students returning home from schools. Additionally, three of the top ten events by death toll, and four if separate schools of the same tornado are counted (33 in De Soto and 25 in Murphysboro again from the Tri-State Tornado), have occurred in Illinois.