Police, Photojournalist Rescue Illinois Man From Tornado Rubble as 700 Severe Weather Incidents Hit Central US
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 12
Police, Photojournalist Rescue Illinois Man From Tornado Rubble as 700 Severe Weather Incidents Hit Central US
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 12
Summary
Streator police and storm-chasing photojournalist Scott Lasker pulled an Illinois man from the wreckage of his leveled home after a tornado tore through the city Thursday.
Lasker said he heard the victim's wife screaming, found the man pinned under debris and tried lifting a heavy door off his leg before police arrived; the man's condition was unclear Friday.
Streator opened a reunification center for displaced residents, and Mayor Tara Bedei said no deaths had been reported there despite major damage.
Across Illinois and Indiana, late-Thursday tornadoes damaged homes, stripped a high school roof in Merrillville and left hundreds of thousands without power as more than 1,000 flights were grounded.
AccuWeather said nearly 700 severe weather incidents, including close to two dozen tornadoes, were recorded over three days, with more storms forecast from the Midwest to the Northeast.