article_snippet.sent: New aerial photos show the trail of destruction a tornado inflicted on a small Illinois farming community.
article_snippet.sent: But buildings in the settlement were virtually flattened when the vortex slammed into the area at around 7pm on Thursday night.
article_snippet.sent: This aerial photo shows a path of destruction, after a tornado swept through the small town of Fairdale, Illinois .
article_snippet.sent: Eight tornadoes roared across northern and central Illinois during Thursday's storms, the National Weather Service confirmed Saturday.
article_snippet.sent: That tornado also injured 22 people.
article_snippet.sent: The tornado blew numerous vehicles from nearby interstates, and troopers helped rescue a trapped driver in an overturned semi-trailer.
article_snippet.sent: The vortex created a path through the fields and wiped out a house as The vortex made The vortex way to the town.
article_snippet.sent: Then I noticed to the southwest there was a huge black funnel thing, but a huge black funnel thing didn't look like a tornado because a tornado was just way too wide,' her said.
article_snippet.sent: A destroyed house is seen in Fairdale is pictured on Friday, hours after a tornado ripped through the community .
article_snippet.sent: Candy Trudell searches for Candy Trudell belongings in the rubble after a tornado struck the town of Rochelle, Illinois the evening before .