It's been more than two years since an EF3 tornado caused massive damage in Naperville, and clean-up efforts continue.
Katie Long Piper showed some of the dangerous fragments she has recovered in the last few months from her yard, including shards of glass and construction debris.Like many of her neighbors, her family had to find a place to live for several months while crews repaired the house. But the work continues.
But, more than two years later, a volunteer group, Naperville Tornado Relief, has helped secure state and city funding of $1.5 million to finish the job, replacing contaminated yards and doing major landscape remediation. The neighborhood is a buzz of activity with tractors and other equipment digging out yards and replacing dirt.
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