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Lillian Santiago and her former home. The storm ripped out a wall and blew out all the windows.

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Springfield’s Six Corners neighborhood, plagued by foreclosures before the tornado, has been slow to recover.

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Xiomara Luna moved out of this apartment because insurance would not cover the repairs to the damaged kitchen ceiling.

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A row of condemned houses on Spruce Street.

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A city-owned building on Hemlock Court has yet to be torn down. Neighbors reported seeing children going into the house and taking bricks.