This aerial view on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, shows a home that was damaged by a tornado that hit the western Illinois town of Washington on Sunday. It was one of the worst-hit areas after intense storms and tornadoes swept through Illinois. The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Washington had a preliminary rating of EF-4, meaning wind speeds of 170 mph to 190 mph. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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A man walks through what is left of a neighborhood in Washington, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado ripped through the central Illinois town. The tornado cut a path about an eighth of a mile wide from one side of Washington to the other and damaged or destroyed as many as 500 homes. (AP Photo/Armando Sanchez)
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CHICAGO (AP) — The power of the tornadoes that tore across Illinois on Sunday is becoming clear.
The National Weather Service says at least 11 twisters touched down in Illinois that day. The one that devastated the central Illinois community of Washington peaked at 190 mph and stayed on the ground for 46 miles.
The weather service says two of the tornadoes were rated EF-4, the second highest rating and the strongest to form in November in the state.
Six people across the state died because of the tornadoes Sunday, Illinois’ highest death toll from a tornado on a single November day.
