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Harrisburg Illinois Storm

FEMA Again Denies Disaster Funding To Tornado-Ravaged Town

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012 | Chicago

CHICAGO - The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied for a second time Illinois' request for disaster aid to recover from violent storms last mo...

Governor In Tornado-Ravaged State Asks FEMA To Reconsider Funding

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012 | Chicago

By Andrew Stern CHICAGO, March 16 (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday appealed a federal decision to reject disaster aid th...

FEMA Denies Disaster Funding To Demolished Town After Storm Killed 7

Posted 03.12.2012 | Chicago

Illinois lawmakers spoke out this weekend after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied disaster funding to an Illinois town that was de...

Illinois Tornado Death Toll Rises: 7 Dead In Harrisburg Storm

AP | Posted 03.08.2012 | Chicago

HARRISBURG, Ill. -- Authorities in southern Illinois say the death toll from the tornado that devastated Harrisburg last week has risen to seven. Sal...

The Short Way, Through Harrisburg

Joni Hirsch Blackman | Posted 05.02.2012 | Fifty
Joni Hirsch Blackman

I didn't think I'd ever heard of Harrisburg, IL. When a tornado hit that small town and killed 6 people earlier this week, the name of the town 300 miles away didn't sound familiar. Odd, considering the few minutes I spent there were quite memorable.

'Please Don't Let There Be Another Tornado'

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.02.2012 | Green

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — Kera Wise picked through the fragments of her aunt and uncle's tornado-ruined home with a determined hustle under clear skie...

PHOTOS: Residents Return To Homes Ravaged By Tornado

Posted 03.01.2012 | Chicago

As residents in downstate Harrisburg, Ill., continue to recover from the tornado that devastated their town and killed at least six people early Wedne...

Recovering From 'Super-Cell' Storms, Bracing For More

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012 | Green

(Adds President Obama offer, body recovered) By Jim Young HARRISBURG, Ill., March 1 (Reuters) - Residents of storm-toss...

Tales Of Chaos From Deadly Twisters

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 04.30.2012 | Green

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed...

PHOTOS: Storm Kills 6, Devastates Midwestern Town

Posted 02.29.2012 | Chicago

At least six people have reportedly been killed and more than 100 others injured following an apparent tornado that tore through the southeastern Illi...

Illinois Storm Death Toll Climbs

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 04.30.2012 | Green

HARRISBURG, Ill. — Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed ...

Death Toll Climbs From Midwest Storm

AP | Posted 04.30.2012 | Green

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say 10 killed in Illinois town of Harrisburg when storms slam state...

Death Toll Climbs From Midwest Storm

AP | Posted 04.30.2012 | Green

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — A hospital administrator in the southern Illinois city of Harrisburg says at least three people were killed in a severe stor...