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through northern illinois, some people were allowed back to their neighborhoods today to see if their homes were still standing. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: fairdale, illinois, was never much more than a small dot on the map and now it's less than that. about 70 buildings were either destroyed or damaged here on thursday. power remains out for most of the 150 residents, and the cleanup is just beginning. 36 hours after the twister hit bright sunshine illuminated the scope of the disaster. >> a long road ahead of us. >> reporter: t.j. riggs lost his business and the apartment where he lived right above it. >> my first reaction i can't say on tv but my second reaction was, you know, everything's gone. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the twister that hit fairdale was half a mile wide with a trail that ran nearly 30 miles long. two people died and 22 were injured as the storm tore through northern illinois. today, along with utility crews,