Man hiding with daughter in house destroyed by tornado captures harrowing event on video

Man hiding with daughter in house destroyed by tornado captures harrowing event on video

Chilling video has surfaced showing an EF-4 tornado approaching and ripping apart a house in Washington, Illinois, Sunday while a man and his daughter scramble inside and search for cover.

The man, Marc Wells, filmed the event while trying to make sure he and his daughter found a safe place in which to hide (the video goes dark for several seconds while they're hiding in a sheltered area.)

The daughter, Josie Taylor Wells, can be heard screaming in fear throughout much of the ordeal.

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They emerge to find their house totally destroyed by the devastating twister. Wells did not post the surreal footage until Thursday, presumably because he was too busy dealing with his loss of property, and perhaps helping neighbors cope with their losses.

Wells posted in the description that the rest of his family was out of town when the twister struck.

"I am so glad Kerry Gorman Wells and the other girls were out of town when this storm came through," Wells wrote. "Very thankful we were not injured." State and federal assessments are still being conducted in the region.

The series of tornados on Sunday damaged or destroyed more than 1,400 homes.

–Pete Thomas, via GrindTv Outdoor

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