An E4 tornado (190 mph) cut a three-mile swath 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.”
As of Thursday morning, here are the damage numbers from Sunday's tornados in Tazewell County
(posted by D. Norman from Tazewell County Board Member John Ackerman):
Tazewell County Totals: 524 homes destroyed, 554 damaged
(posted by D. Norman from Tazewell County Board Member John Ackerman):
Tazewell County Totals: 524 homes destroyed, 554 damaged
Washington – 135 homes require MAJOR repairs, 491 total loss
East Peoria – 13 homes require MAJOR repairs, 21 total loss
Pekin – 25 homes require MAJOR repairs, 8 total loss
Sunnyland – 15 homes require MAJOR repairs, 4 total loss
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Thank you for support you choose to extend: prayers, financial,...
If you choose to share with Washington, Illinois tornado victims, the following allows total amount invested directly to food, etc. for children/families...no cut to administrative costs.
Click below: videos
* 11-21-2013 Washington IL tornado damage assessment starts as FEMA arrives (2:45 min.)
East Peoria – 13 homes require MAJOR repairs, 21 total loss
Pekin – 25 homes require MAJOR repairs, 8 total loss
Sunnyland – 15 homes require MAJOR repairs, 4 total loss
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Thank you for support you choose to extend: prayers, financial,...
If you choose to share with Washington, Illinois tornado victims, the following allows total amount invested directly to food, etc. for children/families...no cut to administrative costs.
Check: (Tax Deductible)
Payable to: Washington Rotary Foundation
For: Washington Tornado AssistancePayable to: Washington Rotary Foundation
Mail to:
c/o: District 50 schools
Attn: Dr. Patrick Martin
304 East Almond Drive
Washington, IL 61571
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Click below: videos
* 11-21-2013 Washington IL tornado damage assessment starts as FEMA arrives (2:45 min.)
* Washington Strong (4:22 min.)
Put together a little slideshow/video of
some of the pictures from the storm that really say it all.
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* Video: Washington resident killed by tornado remembered (2:02 min.)
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