This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Local officials calm it the worst damage theyve ever seen, and the cleanup is just Getting Started after a tornado touched down in illinois west of chicago. One person was killed in fairdale in nearby rochelle, a restaurant was toppled over and more than a dozen people trapped inside. Rescue teams overnight searched for the injured. Lets go live in rochelle, illinois with the latest on the storms and cleanup. How much warning did residents have . Well, stephanie we dont think that they got a whole lot of warning. It depends on the community. Fairdale got very little warning, and so that could have been the reason that we had a fatality in that community. This storm hit in the heart of corn country and these rural areas are used to seeing tornadoes and very damaging storms like this, but a lot of people who lived in this area said they have never seen anything quite like this. This storm cut a swath of 50 miles and hit
The terrorist list what it could mean for improving relations between the rivals. Mandatory vaccines a controversial bill forcing Californian Californian parents to have their children vaccinated good evening, im antonio mora this is al jazeera america. Tonight officials are trying to determine the scope of the damage in Central Illinois after an enormous tornado touched down. We are hearing several were injured, one killed as a result of that twister. Several smaller tornados struck iowa and ohio, and forecasters warn the worst may not be over. Reporter reports of damage after a massive twister touched down in the mid west. Worst hit a rural area about 80 miles west of chicago, this video is from a town of rochelle illinois a population of 10,000. Here is from another angle as it ripped through the neighbouring community of fair dale. Residents in ashton spotted a funnel cloud swirling through their town. The twisters were a result of a line of severe thunder storms that stretched fro
Supports the right to bare arms whether any gun laws need to be changed . We begin this hour with what is shaping up to be major mie style in the relationship between the United States and cuba. On the heels of a telephone call between the two leaders, they are now expected to meet facetoface tomorrow. It will come at the sum milt of the americas conference in panama. This will be the first meeting since the Obama Administration in december moved to normalize ties. Mike viqueira is in washington. And mike what does the white house now expect will be achieved with this meeting . Well that big step that would normalize relations between the countries. The state department from what we understand from a democratic senator who has been briefed by the state department has recommended that that state sponsorship of terrorism designation now held by only four countries around the world, including syria, iron sudan, and cuba be lifted against cuba. There are a number of economic restrictions i
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