Severe storms – with reports of strong tornadoes – destroy buildings and knock out power in Indiana and Ohio

Strong storms that likely included tornadoes swept through eastern Indiana and western Ohio on Thursday evening, leaving at least three people dead, destroying parts of some towns, knocking out power for thousands, and prompting search and rescue efforts in at least one city, officials said.

“I can best describe it as a bomb going off … unbelievable damage,” Sheriff Randall Dodds of Logan County, Ohio, told CNN Friday morning.

A suspected tornado that hit Logan County killed three people, Dodds said.

Injuries were also reported in the two states, including at least 38 people in Indiana and more than 20 in Ohio, officials said while cautioning the scope of the damage and injuries wouldn’t be known for hours.

The storms were part of a sprawling system that put more than 45 million people from Texas to western Pennsylvania under threat of severe storms Thursday into early Friday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/severe-storms-reports-strong-tornadoes-055325248.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

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