more from al jazeera's diane estabrook. >> my granddaughter. >> insurance agent romme roger n was stunnedthe sight of his office. his shock quickly turned to grief. sunday's tornado broke windows, hurling glass and debris everywhere. but hickman's shock quickly turned to grief. >> it's hard. it's very emotional. >> how many of your customers do you think are affected? >> over a thousand. it's devastation. it's unbelievable. people, my friends gone life you know wiped out. >> all around washington, illnois residents are picking through and picking up the pieces of their lives. >> a tornado-the national weather service is calling a preliminary e-f4 cut a wide path through the small central illinios town turning homes inside out, and businesses into piles of mangled trash. the town estimates up to 500 homes were damaged or destroyed and more than 200 people are homeless. >> cell phone cameras recorded the twister barreling toward washington as pastor tom goodell and his parishoners watched in horror. >> it turned a big sweeping turn and then took out a farmhouse. >> governor pat quinn declar

diane estabrook is in the hard hit washington, illinois. what are folks saying about what happened yesterday. >> tony, today reality is sinking in. yesterday after the storm tonigo people were grateful to be alive. today they are picking through the rubble and recognizing what exactly they have lost. >> insurance agent roc roger hin was stunned at the sight of his office. his shock quickly turned to grief. >> it's hard, it's very emotional. >> how many o of your customers are affected? >> over a thousand. it's devastation. it's unbelievable. people my friends, gone. life, just wipe out. >> all around washington, illinois residents are picking through an picking up the pieces of their lives of. >> there is no furniture in site. no refrigerator in sight. >> a tornado the national weather service is calgar callif 4 turned homes inside out and businesses into a mangled pile of trash. 200 people are homeless. cell phone cameras recorded the twister barreling toward washington as the pastor tom and his parisherses watched in horror. >> it turned