By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – Damage claims have been pouring in in recent days following the storms that hit northern Illinois this week.

State Farm and Country Financial have both set up mobile sites to process claims faster in the area where nine confirmed tornadoes tour through late Monday, leaving million dollars of dollars in damages.

“We’ve seen damage from winds and quite a bit of hail damage too believe it or not,” State Farm spokesman Angie Harrier said, adding the insurer has handled 1,200 auto damage claims and nearly 600 homeowner claims as a result of the storms.

Country Financial reports it has handled hundreds of claims in northern Illinois this week mostly for tornado and wind damage. Country said it has paid $14 million in claims from storms in Illinois this month.

Harrier recommends keeping an inventory of your home in case it is damaged in a storm.

“It just makes that process so much easier when you are going through something where all of your belongings have been scattered to the wind, you are overwhelmed, you are emotional,” Harrier said. “It’s really hard to remember every single thing you own.”

Country has set up a mobile claims center in Coal City. State Farm has set up a mobile site in Shorewood to handle auto claims. Harrier said that site will remain open though Sunday.

At least seven people were injured in the severe storms that rolled through Will, Kankakee, Lee, Grundy and LaSalle counties late Monday.

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