Four Killed in Illinois Tornadoes

[CaptinCrunch]

UTICA, Ill. (April 21) -- Rescue workers used heavy equipment and shovels Wednesday to dig for people feared trapped in the basement of a tornado-flattened tavern where at least three others were killed.

State officials said a fourth person also died in north-central Illinois but no details were available. More tornadoes damaged towns in central Indiana, injuring at least five people, as thunderstorms rolled through the Midwest.

Five people were pulled alive from the rubble of Utica's Milestone Tap, and authorities believed as many as five others could still be inside. They said workers were frustrated by the century-old building's crumbling, unstable sandstone walls.

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[StormCrazyIowan]

It's incredibly sad that there was no warning! My chase partner and I would have been there had we known! Still, here in Iowa we met up with quite the sights! Pics to come later!

[TexasStooge]

Quite sad indeed.