Recovery efforts are underway following Sunday’s deadly storms in the U.S. Midwest. The death toll stands at eight, with six killed in Illinois and two in Michigan. Hundreds of business and homes were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands remain without power. On Monday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn declared a state of disaster in seven counties.

Gov. Pat Quinn: “Each of these communities in Illinois were hard hit yesterday by the deadliest tornadoes that we’ve ever had in a month of November in Illinois history. And it is important that we see ourselves as a family, that we come together when something very dangerous and difficult and deadly happens to the people. We’re all in this together, and our state government is going to respond with every asset we have to make sure that these communities and the people in them are able to recover.”