A severe storm system caused multiple tornadoes to rip throughthe Midwest on Sunday, Nov. 17, destroying homes, knocking outpower, and delaying the Bears-Ravens football game at Soldier Fieldas it blew through the region. As of Monday morning, six deathshave been reported.

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The tornadoes leveled homes and demolished entire neighborhoodsin Illinois and Indiana. Some 80 tornado reports were received,along with 358 reports of damaging winds and 40 reports of largehail, according to Rich Thompson, a lead forecaster with theweather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla.

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The National Weather Service confirmed preliminary EF-4 tornadodamage in Washington County in southern Illinois, with winds of 166to 200 miles per hour.

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Read more about the storm and its effects HERE.

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Click “next” to see tornado damage in Illinois and Indiana.

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Washington, Ill. as seen from Mackenzie Streeton Nov. 17, 2013 after a tornado moved through the area.

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Intense thunderstorms and tornadoesswept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage inseveral central Illinois communities while sending people to theirbasements for shelter.

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(AP Photo/Alex Kareotes)

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A garage in the town of Hustisford,Ill. collapsed and its walls were turned inside-out after severeweather moved through the area.

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(AP Photo/Dodge County EmergencyManagement, Joseph Meagher)

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Tornado victims sift through anoverturned mobile home in Brookport, Ill. after a tornado rippedthrough the small far southern Illinois town.

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(AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

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Homes that were in the path of Sunday'stornado are damaged in Kokomo, Ind.

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Gov. Mike Pence plans to visit threeIndiana communities–Kokomo, Lafayette and Washington–hard-hit bytornadoes and severe thunderstorms. Government officials andresidents continue assessing the damage left by Sunday'sstorms.

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(AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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A man stands near a pickup thatbelonged to farmer Curt Zehr after a tornado blew through his farm.The storm destroyed Zehr's home just outside Washington, Ill., andcaused extensive damage in the town. Zehr's wife and son were athome at the time, but were not injured.

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(AP Photo/David Mercer)

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Heavy rain falls as play was suspendedduring the first half of an NFL football game between the ChicagoBears and Baltimore Ravens. Fans were evacuated from the stands andtook cover inside Soldier Field as a severe storm blew through.Play resumed almost three hours after the game was originallyscheduled to start, and conditions on the field were slippery. TheBears won 23-20 in overtime.

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(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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A house is knocked off its foundationafter Sunday's tornado in Kokomo, Ind.

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(AP Photo/AJ Mast)

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