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In new minden, il noirks a smaller town not far away, one of the strongest tornadoes, ef-4, leveled joseph hoye's farmhouse and killed hoye and his sister. his friend of 35 years came by to rescue a swan, goose and other exotic animals hoye collected. i asked him about the loss of his friend. >> don't like it one bit but it's part of life. at least he's not laying around hurting somewhere. >> reporter: some are determined to rebuild in place but others -- do you want to come back here and live, chastity? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> i'm too scared. i'm just terrified. i can't do that. uh-uh...

>> sometimes we call november the second season for tornadoes. it's the counterpart to the spring. when conditions come together, it doesn't happen every day but you get upper air disturbances, combined with warm, moist air, you can get tornadoes. this unusual, worst november day on record for the state of illinois. strongest on record in illinois in november. then a tornado farther north in michigan than we've seen one. here is what happened in the morning. the most unusual part is it happened early. some of these f 4 rated were around noon in the peoria area. we had moist air coming in. a co...

Homes. in new minden, illinois, one of the strongest tornadoes, as ef-4 leveled joseph hoy's farmhouse and killed hoy and his sister. greg woody, came by to rescue a swan, a goose and other exotic animals hoy collected. i asked him about the lost of his friend. >> you don't like it one bit, but it's part of life. at least he's not laying around suffering anywhere. >> reporter: scenes like this all over the region. >> reporter: do you want to come back here and live? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> i'm too scared. i just can't do it. >> reporter: for those who do want to stay, there's a lot of ...

Paduca and into kokomo. as a result, already five fatalities reported with that. this is interstate 64, where we had a report in washington county, several fatalities, widespread damage. then we move up a little further towards the north, and this is the severe storm that spawned the tornado that moved from pekin to washington. widespread damage reported there. when they look at the damage, they will give it an ef number. the higher the number, the worse the damage. ef-5 would mean total destruction. we have already seen one report of a tornado that was estimated to be an ef-4, meaning the win...

Just hit them scare-head-on and it was complete devastation. we're headed to another place in illinois where two deaths were confirmed. the death toll where we are is pretty heavy as we move from one devastated area to another. christine? >> wow. ef-4 tornado p. up to 200 mile-per-hour winds. the safest place to be, interior bathroom. basement safest place. even in an interior bathroom, it can be difficult to survive something like that. >> reporter: absolutely. the rest of his home was completely ripped open. even if he had taken refuge in the interior room of this house or the basement, he w...