Opening Bell Crossing the 16,000 mark for the first time and still there right now. Stocks up 51 points getting a boost from china which announced a broad plan for economic refo reform. Our other top story those tornadoes that tore through the midwest. Authorities now saying six people were killed, hundreds of buildings and homes damaged or destroyed. Central illinois appears to be the hardest hit. The governor plans to visit that area today. In washington, illinois, one person was killed when those tornado tore through. How is the damage and how are people coping . Reporter well, the damage is significant. This area is completely viscerated. The trees that have not been completely unrooted have lost all of their limbs. There were homes here behind me but those have been completely devastated. You see debris strewn about combined with peoples personal belongings. Its a deadly scene. People are coping in a way where they say yesterday they were happy to be alive. Today under the stark l
Region. Authorities saying at least six people were killed. Those storms brought up powerful tornadoes that damaged hundreds of buildings, Central Illinois one of the hardest hit area, its state governor touring that area today. In one storm related death, how is the damage and how are people scopincoping with the devastati. Reporter this area that were in looks like it was completely leveled, and the trees that have not been completely uprooted have been stripped of its branches. Debris strewn about this neighborhood and one home has a couple of walls held up through the walls you can see the closet where clothes are still hung in the close pet some a devastating scene here. People i think tomorrow and today have been able to see the damage for the first time, and theyre stunned by what they say. Yesterday after they survived the toronto that came through here, they were just happy to be alive. Now its a matter of basically trying to figure out how to rebuild. Governor pat quinn on th
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