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November 18, 2013 |
Tornadoes and severe weather slam the midwest
A powerful late-season wave of tornadoes, thunderstorms and damaging winds hit 12 states on Sunday. News organizations reported anywhere from dozens (The Washington Post) to over 81 (The Chicago Tribune) tornadoes that touched down in the midwest, killing at least eight people. Looking at these photographs, its hard to imagine that so many people walked away unharmed. Washington, Ill., a town of 15,000 people east of Peoria was hit hardest by an EF-4 tornado with winds of up to 190 mph. --Thea Breite ( # 22 )

Ray Baughman embraces family shortly after his home was destroyed by a tornado that left a path of devastation through the north end of Pekin, Il., on Nov. 17. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (Fred Zwicky/Associated Press/Journal Star) #

A mattress is wrapped around a stripped tree in Washington, Ill., on Nov. 17. Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities while sending people to their basements for shelter. (Steve Smedley/Associated Press/The Pantagraph) #

Damaged and litter-filled trees stand among the destruction caused by a tornado as a helicopter flies overhead in Washington, Ill., on Nov. 18. Tornadoes ripped through six states in the US Midwest on Nov. 17 causing damage, power outages, injuries and death. Six people have reportedly been killed in Central Illinois and many more injured in the worst hit area. (Tannen Maury/EPA) #

A boy picks through belongings in the destruction caused by a tornado that touched down in Washington, Ill., on Nov. 18. A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornadoes on Nov. 16 that killed at least six people and flattened large parts of a town in Illinois as it tore across the Midwest, authorities said. (Jim Young/Reuters) #

A U.S. flag is seen among the debris and destruction caused by a tornado that touched down in Washington, Ill., on Nov. 18. Police were turning residents away from Washington, Ill., on Nov. 18, the day after a series of tornadoes pounded the Midwestern United States, killing six people across the state and flattening the city of 15,000 people. The storm, which killed one person in Washington, destroyed 250 to 500 houses in that city, said Mayor Gary Manier. He said authorities were keeping evacuated residents away from the area out of concern that the remaining structures were dangerously unstable. (Jim Young/Reuters) #
More links and information
Deadly storms spawned more than 80 reports of tornadoes in midwest - Chicagotribune.com, 11/18
Dozens of tornadoes devastate midwest - time.com, 1/18
Death toll rises - Weather.com