Suspected tornado leaves trail of destruction in northern Illinois town

The Manila Times

Suspected tornado leaves trail of destruction in northern Illinois town  Cleanup is underway in the village of Lena, Illinois, after a suspected tornado tore through the community, damaging homes, buildings and knocking out power to at least 16,000 customers, according to officials. Crews and residents spent the day clearing debris, cutting fallen trees and working around downed power lines left behind by Friday’s storm. Homes across Lena suffered damage, with decks ripped away, roofs torn open and metal debris scattered through neighborhoods. Roadways were blocked in several areas as utility workers worked to restore electricity. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security posted on X the storm was a tornado and reported at least 16,000 customers were without power on Friday across the area and counties in western Illinois.  STRINGER VIA REUTERS  Check out our Streaming Channel: https://streaming.manilatimes.net/  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/)  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #WorldNews

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00:26It lasted about nine

00:29minutes total and it is it was devastating to our town fortunately we no one no

00:37fatalities no one died which is absolutely fantastic

00:50well he lost his deck and there's quite a few people that lost a couple I heard

00:56lost our homes a lot of roofs and sheds are down so it's a mess of school they have trouble

01:04yep

01:14a lot of windows were broken in our weight room the awning that we have in front of the high

01:20school

01:20doors was ripped the sign that we had was wrapped around a tree outside a lot of the trees in

01:27the

01:27parking lot fell it was a lot of water the lights went out there is quite a few holes in

01:34our gymnasium

01:35floor a lot of water was coming in and our office I know I'm pretty sure also caved in

01:42we were kind of evacuated we were let go slowly throughout the high school doors and if we had

01:50a car we were allowed to drive if not we had to wait for a parent to come pick us

01:54up

01:56and yesterday we were starting to host our ihsa organizational state contest and we had a few

02:02schools here already and um we had to shelter in place when the storm hit

02:37and now we have to hire our homes and our homes and our homes and our homes and our homes

02:37and our homes

02:46Oh

03:34I'll see you next time.

03:37I'll see you next time.

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