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oh, my god. you ve got dozens of buildings, homes destroyed across illinois. the hardest hit has to be the town of fairdale. that s right. and exactly where we re live with a look at the destruction there. good morning to you, maria. reporter: hi good morning to you. and hello everyone, at home, and that s right, i m in fairdale, illinois. and this town is just about 70 miles to the west to the city of chicago. and a massive tornado struck this town yesterday afternoon. complete destruction here in the town of fairdale. we understand that every single home either suffered damage or were completely destroyed. and i also understand there will be a press conference at 9:00 a.m. eastern time here in the town of fairdale. they ll be providing us with the latest information. and what we do know due to the severity of the damage, the fire department is helping to respond to the damage here in fairdale. and, again, we understand that ....
it looks like a movie but it s not. dozens of homes and buildings are destroyed. one of the hardest hit areas in illinois. a look the a the destruction. and e o, my goodness, look at it behind you. yeah. good morning, steve, elizabeth, and bryan. and hello everyone at home. this is a town approximately 70 miles to the west of the city of chicago. and as you can see behind me, we have a lot of destruction and rubble that is in place here in fairdale. and unfortunately, one person was killed here by a massive twister that struck yesterday afternoon. she was a 67-year-old woman found dead in her home and seven others were injured. every single home in this town was either destroyed or severely damaged. and as you can imagine the power is out here. so everyone has been evacuated. and a shelter has been set up at a nearby high school. crews will continue searching the debris today. ....
Oh, my goodness. the view from inside the bus as kids hang on for their lives when it does that. my goodness. got a busy morning this morning. live from new york city it s 7:00. you re watching fox & friends. it s time for fox & friends ! that s the kind of video where if you put your kids on the bus in the morning it s just hard to watch. it gives you the chills and you re right about that steve and so much going on as of last night so we ll get right to an extreme weather alert for you now. tornadoes leaving behind a trail of destruction in the midwest. oh, my gosh. that s going right through. one person is dead. dozens of buildings and homes are destroyed. maria molina is live in one of the hardest-hit towns fairdale illinois, with a look at the destruction. ....
Maria, you said earlier that every house in that town was impacted by these tornadoes. reporter: yeah every home here was either damaged or completely destroyed and take a look at the scene behind me because you have what was a structure pretty much unrecognizable. you can t tell if it was a home or a business. there s also a truck here that suffered damage and some of this debris looks like it s concrete blocks so that just gives you an idea of how powferful this twister was that impacted fairdale, illinois and it s 70 miles to the west of the city of chicago. we re currently looking at live aerial images of the city of fairdale and we ll continue to see these images coming out of this town and get a better idea how severe the damage is. we do know everyone has been evacuated and a shelter has been set up at a nearby high school. one person here was killed by the massive twister. she was a 67-year-old woman found dead in her home. seven others were also injured. now, the power here ....