VIDEO: Wiped off the map: Entire Illinois town leveled leaving at least one dead and dozens trapped in 50-miles of wreckage

TORNA devastating tornado leveled an entire town Thursday night, killing one person and leaving dozens of others trapped in their basements as extreme weather tore through the Midwest.

The small town of Fairdale was hardly standing Friday morning, after 17 of its 50 buildings were obliterated by the vortex, which also left one resident, 67-year-old Geraldine M Schultz, dead. MORE