windows shattered, trees snapped in half, debris everywhere as you see here. we want to show you a hope that was levelled. they had to rescue these folks. we re told there is 140 homes in this community with some sort of damage and speaking with neighbors earlier today they say this thing came in fast and then they heard their house shaking. we know they went door to door to make sure there was not
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i was watching the news and they said a tornado down mere peekon. i go outside and i heard it s like a loud train. i said, this isn t right. i said it s not thunder. it just kept coming. kept coming and getting louder. so then i went into the basement and about ten seconds later, i heard i felt the house shaking and we waited probably a minute and came back up and saw what you re seeing here. peekon, peoria, washington. the damage was not confined to illinois. in missouri high winds damaged homes and uprooted trees in the st. louis area. more than 37,000 people were without power at one with point. look how strong those winds are. moving the car forward a little bit. damage was widespread in indiana. two schools took a direct hit and walls and roofs ripped away from the gym on one of them. a state of imagine has been declared there. in wisconsin, thousands are without power. that is in the milwaukee area.
it kept coming, getting louder. so then i went into the basement. 10 seconds later i heard, i felt the house shaking. what i seen it coming we run to the basement and it was gone within three or four minutes and just, you could see what it has done here. just everything, demolished everything. wow. mike tobin leads our coverage. in the town of washington, illinois, about 150 miles southwest of chicago. mike, describe what you and your crew are seeing as the sun comes up there today? reporter: bill, everywhere you look you find debris used to be houses. stuff like this flying through this area last night. this is devonshire and trails end neighborhood. all this stretch as quarter mile in every direction. as you look at destruction, this appears to be a cooling unit pulled off a nearby auto parts store and wraped around this tree. right in front of me, one more example of a tree uprooted. as we look back into a apocalyptic scene that used to
hours friday. our father, who art in heaven. reporter: prayers echo in basements, a monster storm roors above. a string of tornado left several dead, north of peoria. we may need to take cover ourselves. reporter: newscasters rushed off air. the tornado ripped past their studio. reporter: downtown washington county was devastated by a tornado. wind reports of 200 miles an hour spun entire blocks of homes to the foundation. i felt the house shaking, waited probably about a minute and came back up and saw what you are seeing here. reporter: in the community, they went door-to-door checking on gas leaks. one resident described the aftermath as a war zone. i m devastated. i feel sick. reporter: in brooke port, it directly hit two mobile home parks. i don t have anything. my whole, it s gone. i don t know where it went.