IT’S BEEN A SLOW…BUT DEADLY YEAR FOR TORNADOES IN ILLINOIS.

STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL SAYS USUALLY THERE ARE ABOUT 50 TO 60 REPORTED TORNADOES IN ILLINOIS ANNUALLY. SO FAR THIS YEAR…THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 33.

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THE YEAR STARTED OUT WITH A RARE FEBRUARY TORNADO THAT LEFT EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD IN HARRISBURG. ANGEL SAYS THEN TORNADO ACTIVITY WANED AS ILLINOIS RECEIVED BELOW AVERAGE RAINFALL…BUT PICKED UP AGAIN AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISAAC MOVED INTO ILLINOIS.

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THE RECORD FOR NUMBER OF TORNADOES IN ILLINOIS WAS SET IN 2006…WHEN 124 WERE RECORDED.