creating zero visibility conditions south of springfield, illinois. between 40 to 60 passenger cars and 30 commercial vehicles crashing on the highway. at this time we have reports of more than 30 people being transported to multiple area hospitals. the interstate shut down, traffic backed up for miles. the swirling dust caused by high winds kicking up dirt from fields. nothing in my 24-year career that i can recall as severe as this. it spawned this tornado hundreds of miles away in virginia beach sunday. families now cleaning up major damage. over here, a large tree landing on that rooftop, one of those at least 115 properties that city officials say suffered extensive damage from the strong winds, from the ef-3 tornado. the twister packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. the city declaring a state of emergency. i ran in and got even in the everybody in the closet,
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