The View From Here: Washington, Ill., Remembers 2013 Tornado

By David Greene
Washington Illinois Tornado
A man walks through what is left of a neighborhood in Washington, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado ripped through the central Illinois town. The tornado cut a path about an eighth of a mile wide from one side of Washington to the other and damaged or destroyed as many as 500 homes. Armando Sanchez / Associated Press
Washington Illinois Tornado
A man walks through what is left of a neighborhood in Washington, Ill., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, a day after a tornado ripped through the central Illinois town. The tornado cut a path about an eighth of a mile wide from one side of Washington to the other and damaged or destroyed as many as 500 homes. Armando Sanchez / Associated Press

The View From Here: Washington, Ill., Remembers 2013 Tornado

By David Greene
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Voters in Washington, Ill., talk about their experience surviving and rebuilding after a devastating tornado. FEMA said the city didn’t qualify for assistance, based on a complicated formula.

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