{"id":66359,"date":"2026-02-20T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tornadoes-hit-indiana-illinois-as-destructive-storms-blast-through-parts-of-midwest\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:37:02","slug":"tornadoes-hit-indiana-illinois-as-destructive-storms-blast-through-parts-of-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tornadoes-hit-indiana-illinois-as-destructive-storms-blast-through-parts-of-midwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornadoes hit Indiana, Illinois as destructive storms blast through parts of Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Destructive storms blasting through parts of the Midwest spawned tornadoes that hit Indiana and Illinois, as near-hurricane force winds swept parts of the region.<\/p>\n<p>A violent tornado ripped through southeastern Illinois on Thursday, shredding homes, overturning cars and leaving a trail of destruction that stretched at least six miles long. At least a dozen buildings were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Powerful wind mangled mobile homes and flipped them upside down. One woman was trapped inside until rescue crews could reach her.<\/p>\n<p>That same twister then barreled across the Indiana state line. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another powerful tornado ripped through Bloomington, Indiana, on Thursday, as severe thunderstorms and 70 mile per hour wind gusts hammered the city that&#8217;s home to around 80,000 people. It toppled trees and power lines, peeled roofs off of buildings and destroyed a bank in a normally-busy shopping district.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the bank&#8217;s roof caved in and the facade was shredded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/01ddd88b-bc2a-4c4f-9727-9cdb0ef66e71\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/e107b0e09487750e603c7c9cc2f6c4b4\/gettyimages-2262577084.jpg#\" alt=\"Local Weather U.S. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/01ddd88b-bc2a-4c4f-9727-9cdb0ef66e71\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/e107b0e09487750e603c7c9cc2f6c4b4\/gettyimages-2262577084.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/01ddd88b-bc2a-4c4f-9727-9cdb0ef66e71\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/479587ee04db4137739c22ff1de4a6a3\/gettyimages-2262577084.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Workers secure the Fifth Third Bank after it was damaged by a tornado on Feb. 19, 2026, in Bloomington, Indiana.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jeremy Hogan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The twisters were part of a massive winter weather system that sprawled 1,000 miles across the country from Ohio to Nebraska, where it brought nearly a foot of snow and whiteout conditions to Omaha. 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