The Latest on damaging storms across the central United States (all times local): 12:20 p.m. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has…
The Latest on damaging storms across the central United States (all times local):
12:20 p.m.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has identified two people who were killed when a tornado ripped through a central Oklahoma community over the weekend.
Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said Tuesday that 54-year-old Timothy Solis and 47-year-old Bridget Brockwell were killed when a tornado struck the Skyview Estates trailer park late Saturday night in El Reno, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Oklahoma City. Elliott says the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries to both victims.
El Reno officials say more than a dozen families were displaced when their homes were damaged in the tornado, which the National Weather Service says was an EF3 tornado with wind speeds of up to 165 mph (266 kph).
The tornado also destroyed a motel and damaged several other nearby structures.
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12:10 p.m.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in a central Indiana town where dozens of homes were damaged.
The weather service said Tuesday that a storm survey team determined that a tornado caused Monday’s damage in the Madison County town of Pendleton, just northeast of Indianapolis. The storm’s intensity and the length of its path haven’t been determined.
Monday evening’s storm damaged at least 75 homes in Pendleton, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Indianapolis, and the nearby community of Huntsville.
No serious injuries were reported in the area or other parts of the state.
Pendleton residents were urged to remain in their homes Tuesday morning because of dangers posed by fallen trees, downed power lines and utility poles that were also blocking roads.
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12 p.m.
The fire chief in a small western Ohio city says besides one person killed and seven injured, as many as 90 homes have been damaged by apparent tornadoes that pounded through the region.
Celina (Suh-LEYE‘-nuh) Chief Douglas Wolters estimates that 40 of the homes have significant damage. The mayor has said some were knocked off their foundations. Wolters says most people are staying with family or friends, but some went to shelter in nearby Coldwater.
Wolters says 81-year-old Melvin Dale Hannah died after a parked vehicle was blown into his home as he slept.
Mayor Jeff Hazel says there are „areas that truly look like a war zone“ in the city of some 10,000 people, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Dayton.
Dayton area hospitals have reported at least 60 injuries since a wave of severe storms swept through.
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11:25 a.m.
The National Weather Service says a wave of severe storms on Memorial Day included a tornado touching down near Boise, Idaho and eight weak tornadoes on Colorado’s northeastern plains.
Thunderstorms that produced the Colorado tornadoes dropped hail as large as tennis balls, with pea-sized hail reported in parts of the Denver area.
No damage was reported.
But in Ohio, severe weather that included apparent tornadoes killed an 81-year-old man and injured dozens of people.
There was considerable damage to homes in Indiana as well.
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10:40 a.m.
Authorities say an 81-year-old man has died after a vehicle slammed into his home as apparent tornadoes pounded through western Ohio.
Celina (suh-LYE‘-nuh) Mayor Jeff Hazel tells reporters the man was among at least seven injured in the city some 80 miles (128.75 kilometers) northwest of Dayton. He says up to 40 homes were damaged Monday night, with some houses moved off their foundations by the storms.
He says first responders rescued some people from their homes overnight and were making a third sweep Tuesday to check for anyone else who might be trapped.
Hazel says: „It is devastating.“
Elizabeth Long, spokeswoman for the Kettering Health Network serving the Dayton region, says about 35 people were treated for storm-related cuts, bumps and bruises at the system’s four emergency department
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9:20 a.
