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Extreme winds rip roofs off home, garages in NW Indiana
Excessive winds rip rooftops of houses, garages in Merrillville
Folks in Northwest Indiana are cleansing up after excessive winds ripped via houses in Merrilleville. Residents say the storm seemed like a freight prepare and the issues inside their garages have been thrown all around the neighborhood.
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – Extreme storms ripped rooftops off houses in Northwest Indiana Friday evening.
Witnesses say the storm seemed like a freight prepare with twisting wind. That wind ripped aside buildings. Folks spent the evening boarding up their houses.
“The roof is gone to the storage. The majority of the contents of my storage at the moment are within the yard,” one resident stated.
Destruction may very well be seen all through neighborhoods with individuals’s property thrown all over the place.
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A lot of the Midwest area noticed comparable destruction with winds reaching 90 mph and tornadoes touching down within the late night.
Simply west of Chicago, one particular person was killed and 28 others have been injured when the roof collapsed on the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere throughout a live performance.
In Central Illinois, a bus carrying 46 individuals was overturned on the interstate in Rantoul when a twister crossed the roadway.
Clear up efforts are underway throughout the Chicago space Saturday morning.