CHICAGO (AP) — The National Weather Service confirms a tornado cut a more than 11-mile path through the Illinois city of Pontiac, injuring four people on Wednesday night. The tornado was one of at least four the weather service said touched down in northern and central Illinois as powerful storms moved across the state. On Thursday the weather service said the tornado near Pontiac rated an EF-2 with estimated top wind speeds of 115 to 125 mph. It was 440 yards wide.
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