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Tornado kills 3, damages homes in many states

Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the U.S. Midwest and South, leaving dozens of homes damaged and at least three people dead in Indiana and Arkansas, authorities said on Monday. The National Weather Service said multiple tornadoes and severe storms were reported on Sunday in central Indiana and Arkansas. Emergency officials from Martin County, Indiana, confirmed one death in the area. Emergency Management Director Cameron Wolf said the victim’s injured partner was airlifted to hospital. They lived in a two-storey log cabin, which was destroyed by the storms. Further details were not immediately available. The Associated Press has the story:

Tornado kills 3, damages homes in many states

Newslooks- SHOALS, Ind. (AP)

A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife, while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house, as severe weather rumbled through several central states.

The tornado that hit the home Sunday evening was part of a storm system that pushed through a rural, wooded area of southern Indiana’s Martin County.

Workers toil to put a tarp over a damaged roof after tornado touched down in several areas of Greenwood, Ind., Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2023. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

The injured woman was flown by helicopter to a hospital, said Cameron Wolf, Martin County’s emergency management director. The newer, log cabin-style house was leveled as a storm that also had large hail and other strong winds raked the area about 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.

“The home that was totally destroyed, just a few feet away they had a shop building that is perfectly good,” Wolf said. “I mean, didn’t even touch it.”

Another tornado touched down Sunday afternoon the suburban Indianapolis communities of Greenwood and Bargersville, officials said.

Nora Stoner, 9, her mom, Jackie Stoner, and brother, Christian Stoner, 15, survey tornado damage in front of their home Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Greenwood, Ind. Jackie and her husband Adam took shelter in the lowest room of their home as the tornado blew open the front doors, shattered windows and damaged the house and surrounding property. Their two children were not home at the time. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Bargersville Fire Chief Erik Funkhouser said at least 75 homes suffered moderate to severe damage as the latter tornado crossed Indiana State Road 135 in the area of Interstate 69. Crews did not find any deaths or injuries from the tornado, which officials estimated was on the ground for about 15 minutes.

Kimber Olson, 42, told her 8-year-old son to sit in the bathtub while she stood outside and recorded video of what looked like two cyclones circling toward her apartment in Bargersville

In this image taken from video, a man surveys a roof of a home severely damaged after a tornado touched down on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Johnson County, Ind. Authorities said up to 75 homes were damaged. (WRTV via AP)

“The sound is deafening,” Olson told The Indianapolis Star. “You’ll never forget the sound. Your ears pop in such a strange way. You get a ring in your ear.”

When the tornado got closer, she went inside, closed all the doors and jumped in the bathtub with her son. She heard glass explode as her window shattered.

In Arkansas, sheriff’s officials said two people were killed and a third was injured Sunday night in the central community of Carlisle when a tree fell onto a home, KTHV-TV reported.

Debris is left behind after a reported tornado touched down in several areas of Greenwood, Ind., Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2023. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency, citing numerous downed power lines in the state. The National Guard said it was providing potable water to the community of West Helena in eastern Arkansas, after water service was knocked out overnight.

High winds also caused tens of thousands of homes and businesses to lose electricity in Arkansas, Michigan and Tennessee.

Bricks were stripped from the facade of a house after a tornado touched down in several areas of Greenwood, Ind., Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2023. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

In the city of Millington, north of Memphis, officials reported multiple rescues from homes and cars and planes overturned at the city’s small airport. No injuries were immediately reported. The fire department reported extensive wind damage that knocked down trees, leading to road closures.

A window at Kimber Olson’s home is broken, Sunday, June 25, 2023, after a tornado hit Greenwood, Ind. (Clare Grant/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

The storm caused more than 120,000 power outages in the Memphis area, with most of those homes and businesses still without electricity on Monday, utility officials said. Repairs were expected to last days, and with temperatures forecast to reach the 90s on Tuesday, residents who need relief from the heat were advised to seek it in places such as air-conditioned libraries, malls or large stores.

Entergy Arkansas utility crews work to repair services near South Grant St. in Little Rock, Ark., on Monday, June 26, 2023, after a strong storm swept through the region late Sunday. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

“I ask that everyone presently without power plan to be out for several days’ time and that our customers who do have power help their friends and neighbors where and when you can,” Doug McGowen, president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water, said in a statement.

A boil water advisory was issued for a narrow section of Shelby County north of Memphis that is not densely populated.

More than 80,000 power outages were reported in Michigan, mostly in the Detroit area.

Workers survey survey downed trees after tornado touched down in several areas of Greenwood, Ind., Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2023. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

In the Southeast, a prominent Atlanta real estate agent was killed by a falling tree Sunday as a fast-moving line of thunderstorms pushed through the city, downing down branches and temporarily knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.

George Heery Jr., 55, was out for a walk in the Buckhead neighborhood when the tree fell on him, police told news outlets. Heery was the son of architect George Heery Sr., who helped design Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the Georgia Dome and other prominent Atlanta structures.

orDamage to a home on the 900 block of Willard D. Lewis St. in Carlisle, Ark., is shown on Monday, June 26, 2023. At least two people were killed in the residence according to neighbors after a strong storm swept through the area bringing a large tree down on the home. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

“An unspeakable tragedy has occurred,” his son Liam Heery, wrote Sunday on Facebook.

By Monday afternoon, power had been restored to all but 35,000 customers scattered over the northern two-thirds of the state.

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