tornado

Last Thursday, April 9th will be a day ingrained and all of our brains. Nothing is more chilling than seeing the live footage of that massive EF-4 tornado as it tore through our area.

If you're wanting to know how you can help the victims of the Fairdale tornado, the Village of Kirkland has all the details.

Over the weekend over 900 people from Rockford, Rochelle, Wisconsin even Iowa joined Operation Blessing in Rochelle to help in the recovery and disaster relief of last Thursday's tornadoes. They are still needing volunteer's this week to help in the cleanup and recovering.

"A guy came over, and he walked into the wreckage of my house, and he guided me step by step over the rubble ... but he said, 'Don't look down.'

It is the absolutely amazing to see the devastation from Thursday's EF4 tornado from the air.

With the clean up effort under way as a result of the tornado that affected Rochelle, Hillcrest, Fairdale and surrounding areas, the Illinois Better Business Bureau is warning people to be on the look out for shady contractors who may try to make quick cash out of victims of natural disasters including storms and tornadoes.

Now that day light has arrived in Fairdale, IL, we can get a good look at the devastation that occurred as a result of Thursday's tornado.

As I was hiding in my basement last night during the tornadoes, I looked over all the all the things I had with me in as I took cover. I wondered was I totally tornado prepared?

Fairdale is located in Northwest DeKalb County and was at the epicenter of Thursday's tornado damage.

Many areas were affected by Thursday's extreme weather, and particularly hard hit were many residents of Rochelle, IL