A number of powerful storms have decimated Illinois. At least one tornado was among them. Edwardsville’s partial collapse of Amazon Distribution Center in Edwardsville is the most prominent. It is thought that more than 100 people are still trapped within the structure, although the exact number is not known.
Ridge Riders, storm chasers, captured the footage of the tornado thought to have reached the distribution centre.
VIDEO: A TORNADO that we observed just at 8.32pm, southeast of Edwardsville (IL) #ilwx #wxtwitter #tornado @NWSStLouis pic.twitter.com/Ze7h7t2sEe
— Ridge Riders (@Ridge_Riders_) December 11, 2021
Stormchaser Jake Thompson reports the following:
This tornado struck just south of Edwardsville, along Interstate 270. A mass causality event was reported for Pontoon Beach/Edwardsville, according to scanner traffic. https://t.co/IEAT2zeDWm
— Jake Thompson (@ChaserJake94) December 11, 2021
A second user is a Photojournalist from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sent this terrifying picture:
Amazon Distribution Warehouse in Edwardsville (Ill.) partially destroyed by Friday tornado pic.twitter.com/QUBKSYUIMP
— Robert Cohen (@kodacohen) December 11, 2021
Local television station KMOV has the following reports
Aisha White spoke on the phone to a relative who was in the building during the fall.
“He was on the phone with me while it was happening,” she recalled. “The tornado was hitting the back of the building, the trucks were coming in, I told him to jump out the truck and duck. We watched the building go up, stuff hitting the cars, I told him I was on my way.”
Unconfirmed reports have surfaced that there were injuries at the distribution center. Numerous first responders have arrived on the scene.
RedState will update as soon as possible because this is breaking news.
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