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On Nov. 17, 2013, more than 70 tornadoes struck across the Midwest and the South, the fourth largest outbreak of twisters in Illinois since 1950. Washington, a city of 15,000 about 145 miles southwest of Chicago, was struck around 11 a.m. The tornado spent about an hour on the ground, and its path stretched 46 miles.

Google Earth satellite photos taken Nov. 18, 2013, show the destruction caused by the tornado, which reached wind speeds of 190 mph.

Click and drag the divider to compare these to photos taken about a year and a half earlier.

Overview of Washington


Detail area A: Westminster and Coventry drives


Detail area B: Crugar and Devonshire roads


A look at the rebuilding: Detail area C: Gillman Avenue
Photos taken five months later still show widespread evidence of destruction. Among those destroyed, there have been 160 homes rebuilt in Washington since the tornado, according to city officials.


Damage across the Midwest

More than 70 tornadoes touched down on Nov. 17, 2013, across seven states. The areas hit the hardest by the storms, such as Washington, saw tornadoes rated EF-4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The EF scale ranges from EF-0, the weakest, to EF-5, the strongest rating. An EF-4 tornado can have winds of 168 to 199 mph, level homes and throw cars. Here is how the scale works.

November 2013 tornado outbreak damage surveys
By damage level. Individual reports do not reflect different tornados, but different surveys along the same path.

Tornado track
EF0
EF1
EF2
EF3
EF4

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Sources:National Weather Service, city of Washington, Tazewell County Emergency Management Agency and Google Earth

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