Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing damage in several central Illinois communities and sending people to their basements for shelter. A tornado was also reported in Kentucky.

“We have reports of homes being flattened, roofs being torn off,” Sara Sparkman, a spokeswoman for the health department of Tazewell County, Illinois, where Washington is located, said in a telephone interview with Reuters. “We have actual whole neighborhoods being demolished by the storm.

“Fortunately,” she added, “we are only hearing of minor injuries at this time.”


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