There was an EF1 tornado on the Carroll County/Howard County line.
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Kwiatkowski says storms like this are fairly unusual.
“All we have is all our clothes and we’ve been out in the soaking rain all day”, one survivor of the storm said. According to preliminary data from the Storm Prediction Center, there were at least 40 tornado reports across IN and Ohio. Tornado season typically lasts from April to July. At least two tornadoes struck cities in central in on Wednesday, tearing th.
Goodnight said the No. 1 challenge for authorities remains keeping people away from the affected areas.
Many trees were knocked down in the storm, and a large truck was hurled onto its side.
One confirmed tornado in Kokomo, Indiana, due north of Indianapolis, destroyed a Starbucks, knocking all its walls to the ground.
“We saw it then, coming behind Kroger, and it hit behind Kroger”, Williams says.
James and Sarah Carlow say the first tornado brought down a tree in their backyard.
“I had never seen a tornado before except what I saw on TV and in the movies”, Mobley told CNN. The damage from the storm that spawned the tornado stretches into OH and additional damage assessment is being done there.
Brandon Mobley was working on the roof of a restaurant adjacent to Starbucks when one of the tornadoes struck Wednesday afternoon.
Miraculously, state police said late Wednesday that no serious injures had been reported even as tens of thousands of residents had no power.
Several hundred people stayed at the shelter Wednesday night. But the tornado demolished most of the home across the street belonging to Martinez, who left to pick up his daughter from school minutes before the tornado tore through. “This is the second time for some. They were just shook up and panicked”. “Now that it’s hitting home I understand how it could affect families”.
The Red Cross provided food and medical assistance to the storm victims.
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By the time he got home, there was another storm on its way and headed for his neighborhood.
