"I'd want people to come out and help out as much as I can, so just doing the little things that would help." "I'm just trying to think of the family," said Dominic Gabrielli, volunteer. So how can I not pitch in when people have gone through this?" And we're just so grateful, our street was untouched. "I mean, they're always here to help one another whether it's big or small. "I think it was a given that people would show up immediately," said Lisa Bracey, neighbor. The leveled home belongs to the Patel family, and Monday afternoon volunteers were picking up the debris and sifting through the piles looking for valuables and other personal belongings, doing their best to ease the family's pain. "So just seeing that, it's pretty overwhelming," she said. She choked up thinking about her neighbors' home, destroyed. It was just, it was utter chaos," said Katie Long Piper, who was still processing the devastating impact of the storm. "It's like bombs going off everywhere as the debris was hitting our house and the windows were breaking in. In nearby Naperville, Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis said five people have been transported to hospitals, including one person who was critically injured.Ĭhief Puknaitis said about 130 homes were damaged by the storms, with 10 that are uninhabitable and one that is completely leveled. Naperville's fire chief describes the damage after a tornado moved through the area. ![]() Injuries, property damage in Naperville tornado aftermath And then her son came and got the two dogs out, that are still in our car."īut for all the property damage, residents are counting their blessings no lives were lost. "They had to cut the garage door to get her out. "She moved in here in '75, and stuff that she treasured, it's all gone," said Mike Baar, brother-in-law. Monday, her sister and brother-in-law were on hand to help pick up the pieces. RELATED: Tornado cleanup underway in Woodridge, DarienĬhris Florczak, a widow, has owned only one home in her life, in Woodridge, which was destroyed in the storm. "One gentleman said he tried to work his microwave off his generator, and it didn't work." No one wants to open up their refrigerator," he said. Brian Rock served free pizzas in Darien, using a wood fire oven in the back of his truck. ![]() In the face of adversity, the community came together. It is the worst thing I've ever seen."It all happened so fast, it was kind of like a 'whoosh' and I crawled out of my room to get to my little kids and my big kid came up to help me get them and then we all got downstairs," Bridget Casey said. "At this point in time, the best words to describe it is decimated," Fire Chief Kevin Schultz said Tuesday morning. Officials said damage survey teams will be dispatched later Tuesday morning to those communities, as well as Harmon, Ottawa, Morris, Braidwood and Momence. The National Weather Service said the towns of Coal City, Sublette and Mendota were among the hardest hit by Monday night's severe weather. A tornado touched down 10 minutes earlier in Lakewood Shores, just southeast of Braidwood in southwest Will County, according to the weather service. Monday near Interstate 57 in Bourbonnais in Kankakee County, according to the National Weather Service. ![]() The most recent tornado touchdown was reported about 10:20 p.m. The storm was moving east, threatening to bring similar weather to northern Indiana and parts of Michigan, where strong winds also damaged homes, prompted rescues and knocked out power to thousands of people late Monday and early Tuesday. ![]() Those tornadoes touched down in Will, Kankakee, Lee, Grundy and LaSalle counties. CHICAGO - At least five tornadoes touched down in north central Illinois, the National Weather Service confirms.
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