![]() ![]() 'We've had emergency crews digging people out of their basements because the house is collapsed on top of them, but luckily they had that safe space to go to,' Sheriff Bill Rutan said at a news conference. Governor Pritzker planned to travel later to Crawford County, around 230 miles south of Chicago, where three people were killed and eight were injured as a tornado hit around New Hebron. They also noted that the campground, which remains closed, was particularly affected. Their bodies were located on Saturday, according to Indiana conservation officers, who said the storms devastated the area. WTHR reported that Brett and Wendy Kincaid were killed in their camper Friday night when the storm hit McCormick's Creek State Park campground in Owen County. The governor said 48 others were treated in hospitals, with five in critical condition. A 50-year-old man was rescued from the rubble and later died. Pritzker on Sunday traveled to Belvidere to visit the Apollo Theatre, which partially collapsed as around 260 people were attending a heavy metal concert during the severe weather. Other deaths from the storms that hit Friday night into Saturday were reported in Alabama and Mississippi. ![]() ![]() The dead also included at least nine in one Tennessee county and four in Illinois. Thirteen deaths were reported in Tennessee, where an EF2 tornado shredded through multiple counties, according to the National Weather field office in Nashville. The weather ripped through hundreds of homes as they barreled through the regions, rending many domiciles 'inhabitable.'Īffecting 11 states in total, the twisters damaged homes and businesses, splintered trees and laid waste to neighborhoods - and the cleanup still continues as of Tuesday.Īmong the five dead in Indiana are Brett Kincaid, 53, and Wendy Kincaid, 47, from Rossville, Indiana, whose bodies were found at the McCormick's Creek State Park campground, where they had been camping, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Jon Green, a Supervisor for Johnson County in Iowa - parts of which were slammed by the near-identical weather system just days ago - added: 'The danger of a rain-shrouded tornado in the dark is significantly higher than it is during the daytime hours, when everybody's out and about, paying attention.'Īt least 50 confirmed tornadoes touched down in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois in the past days, as well as others like Tennessee, southern Georgia, southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. ![]()
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