Dramatic drone footage captures the devastation caused by a rash of out-of-season tornadoes that tore through Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia leaving 100 homes flattened and one person dead this weekend
Over two dozen tornadoes touched down from the Plains to the Southeast this weekend
One storm system that slammed the town of Taylorville, Illinois, on Saturday, injured 25 people
Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia was hit on Sunday afternoon, injuring four people
Peak months for tornadoes in much of the Midwest are April and June, making these storms very rare
DAILYMAIL.COM
3 December 2018
The sheer devastation of the this weekend’s tornadoes has been captured by a drone camera flying over the path of destruction.
The Illinois Department of Transportation sent one of their cameras high above the town of Taylorville to take in the scene.
In many cases there are now just empty plots of land where houses once stood. Debris is strewn all over the area with green gardens now full of rubble.
There was no order or pattern to the destruction. In some cases, homes and buildings would be left standing tall while next door neighbors lost everything.
There were at least 22 tornadoes that touched down injuring around 30 people across Saturday and Sunday.
The rare December tornadoes included one that was a half-mile-wide. The tornadoes ripped roofs off homes and downed power lines.
The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma – one person was killed in Missouri.
At least three tornadoes were also confirmed in northwest and southwest Arkansas, which largely caused property and structural damage.
Peak months for tornadoes in much of the Midwest are April and June, according to the weather service. But at least 12 tornadoes were reported in Illinois on Saturday. If the majority are confirmed, that would be the most tornadoes in Illinois in a December storm since Dec. 18-19, 1957, when there were 21.
The weather service sent crews Sunday to survey the hardest-hit areas in Illinois.
Photographs and video from Taylorville showed several houses flattened, with residents wading into debris to salvage what they could. Some homes remained standing but with gaping holes in the roofs or with no roofs at all.
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