Terrifying video of Washington, Ill. tornado

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Heads up: some language in the below video is – understandably – NSFW so use some headphones.

There are plenty of videos circulating from Sunday’s storms but none as terrifying as this one, captured from inside the house that takes a hit from the twister that hit Washington, Illinois. And the scariest moments come when the camera is dark and the storm is hitting the house. Here’s what Marc Wells, the man who shot the video, said on the YouTube post:

Here is what my oldest daughter Josie Taylor Wells And I experienced, I am so glad Kerry Gorman Wells and the other girls were out of town when this storm came through. Very thankful we were not injured.

Watch below. [via Reddit]

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