Inside EF-4 tornado (190+ mph) Washington, Illinois (3:33 min video: explicit language)

E4 tornadoes (190+ mph) cut a three-mile swath (& more than 46 miles long) through Washington, Illinois about 150 miles southwest of Chicago. Authorities in Washington, IL acknowledged that they had vastly underestimated the number of homes damaged or destroyed, and revised the initial figures of 250 to 500 homes, to upward of 1,000.
Some of those belonged to the area’s 911 dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics and police officers, who are spending little time attending to their own ordeals.
“The first responders are people too, and sometimes we forget that,” Buffalo Grove Police Chief Terry Vavra said. “They had to either leave their home, and leave that devastation, or they weren’t even home when the devastation occurred.”

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WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The mayor of the central Illinois community of Washington says more than 1,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by strong storms.
Mayor Gary Manier says that figure includes homes that were totally destroyed as well as properties that received minor damage. Officials still haven't said how many people in the community have been affected by Sunday's tornado. Washington has about 16,000 residents and is about 10 miles east of Peoria.
The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Washington had winds that reached 190 miles per hour. The funnel cloud cut a path more than 46 miles long, killing one person and injuring dozens more.
Across Illinois, Sunday's storms killed six people. Forecasters say there were at least 11 tornadoes that hit the state.
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