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At least five people, including a seriously injured woman, were hospitalized in Naperville, where a tornado struck after 11 pm Local time (Monday at 7 am Lithuania) destroyed 16 houses so badly that they became “uninhabitable” and damaged dozens of other buildings, said city government spokeswoman Linda LaCloche.
Lithuanian Adas, whose Chevrolet Camaro was damaged by fallen trees, was also affected. The 24-year-old Lithuanian, who interacted with the lrytas.lt portal, said that everything happened in just a few minutes, so there was simply no time to save the car. According to the interlocutor, the insurance will pay for the losses suffered, but an orange sports car is no longer worth repairing.
As of 5 p.m. (1 p.m.) Monday, another 120 reports of damage were received in a city about 40 miles west of Chicago. The actual magnitude of the damage is likely to be even greater, Lacloche said.
More than 450 reports of power outages were also received.
“We were lucky it didn’t get worse,” LaCloche said Monday morning. “A lot of supports were overturned, power lines were cut, trees were destroyed.”
According to authorities, the tornado also struck the neighboring town of Woodridge, where at least 75 buildings were damaged. There have been no reports of casualties, but residents are urged to avoid visiting the area due to the danger posed by hurricanes and trees destroyed by the whirlwind.
US National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Friedlin said the same storm hit Naperville, Woodridge and Darien, possibly damaging Ber Ridge, about 32 miles southwest of Chicago.
According to him, radar data shows that the storm system has crept over various tribal areas near Chicago, as well as the northwestern part of Indiana near Hobart and South Haven.
