Naperville tornado clean-up continues as residents face new reality

NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Sunday night’s tornados continue to have devastating impacts on families in the southwest suburbs as clean-up efforts continue.

Police and public utilities are trying to make sure it’s safe, but frankly the residents of Naperville are coming to terms with their new reality.

“I have gone though so many emotions in the past 24 hours I cant even tell you. Today we find out if our house can be lived in and I’m hoping for the best case scenario,” Katie Longpiper, storm victim.

For Longpiper, Monday was traumatic. Her neighbor’s house was completely destroyed, her husband is out of town, so she waited out the storm in the basement with his kids and mother while a 2X4 pierced a window directly beside them.

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