Illinois Spring Storms

Waltham South School officials look over the storm damage outside the school Wednesday, April 21, 2004, in Utica, Ill. A maintenance man at the school lowered the flag to half staff following Tuesday's deadly tornado. Rescue workers in Utica have recovered a total of eight bodies from the rubble of a tornado-flattened tavern, and authorities said they are not aware of anyone else missing.

Thomas Bernardoni, 12, throws debris from the roof of his house in Granville, Ill., Wednesday, April 21, 2004, after a tornado struck the city Tuesday night. Bernardoni said he was staying with friends during the tornado.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center left in black jacket, and LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton, center right in gray shirt, conduct a press conference on a street devastated by a tornado Wednesday, April 21, 2004, in Utica, Ill.

Tree limbs and other debris from a devastating tornado blocks the road Wednesday, April 21, 2004, in Utica, Ill.

A worker walks past destruction, April 21, 2004, caused by a tornado in Utica, Ill.

Police patrol the streets in downtown Utica, Ill., April 21, 2004, as rescue workers comb through the debris left in the wake of a tornado.

A mangled truck sits entangled in branches from several fallen trees, April 20, 2004, after a tornado hit Granville, Ill.

A man walks down debris-strewn street April 20, 2004, in Granville, Ill., after a tornado-laden storm plowed through north-central Illinois, flattening or damaging dozens of buildings.

Firefighters survey the damage to the Milestone Tap tavern in Utica, Ill., April 20, 2004. At least eight people inside died when a severe storm spawning tornadoes cut a swath through north central Illinois.

A tornado moves along the ground near Granville, Ill., April 20, 2004.

Emergency personnel work to free people trapped in the rubble of the Milestone Tap after severe weather moved through the area, April 20, 2004, in Utica, Ill.

Volunteers make their way through rubble to deliver ice to a school building being used as a medical center in Utica, Ill., April 20, 2004, after a tornado tore through the downtown area.

A Utica resident looks out from her back porch at the tornado damage, April 20, 2004.

Emergency workers dig beneath the Milestone Tap in Utica, Ill., April 20, 2004, to look for victims buried after a tornado tore through the downtown area.

Workers talk in front of home that was damaged by the severe storms that moved through Joliet, Ill., April 20, 2004.

LaSalle County coroner Jody Bernard, left, accompanied by LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton, speak at a press conference early April 21, 2004.

Rescue workers gather outside a collapsed building in downtown Utica, Ill., April 20, 2004, after a tornado touched down earlier in the day. Three children and a woman were pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospitals, authorities said, and rescuers worked to remove debris in a search for anyone else who might be trapped.

A tree sits on the top of a blown-over trailer in Joliet, Ill., after severe storms moved through the area, April 20, 2004.

Emergency workers survey tornado damage at the historic Duffy's restaurant in downtown Utica, Ill., April 20, 2004.

Rescue workers gather near a collapsed building in downtown Utica, Ill., April 20, 2004.