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DR-242-ILDRTornado

Tornadoes, Severe Storms & Flooding

Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois, declared Jun 5, 1968, in 8 counties.

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Declaration
DR-242-IL
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Illinois
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Jun 5, 1968
Requested
Jun 5, 1968 · request 68012
Incident began
Jun 5, 1968
Incident ended
Jun 5, 1968
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Oct 22, 1971
Fiscal year
1968
FEMA region
Region 5
Designated incident types
Flood, Tornado, Severe storm

Designated areas

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
May 29, 1968 DR-239-AR Tornadoes, Severe Storms & Flooding Tornado AR26IAPA