Authorities report only 10-15 minor injuries in Howard County.
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The EF3 tornado that swept through the south side of Kokomo, Indiana, on Wednesday afternoon packing winds as high as 152 miles per hour toppled a Starbucks coffee shop and tore apart numerous homes.
The National Weather Service has added two more tornadoes to the total that hit IN during Wednesday’s outbreak.
The weather service had two teams Thursday conducting damage surveys in northeast in and northwest OH where a confirmed tornado, possibly an EF3, ripped about homes and barn roofs and knocked down trees between Woodburn and Harlan.
He says five separate weather service survey crews are scouring areas with storm damage in central and northern in to determine if tornadoes struck there.
Gov. Pence praises common sense for saving Hoosier lives.
The National Weather Service has now confirmed that at least eight tornadoes hit IN during Wednesday’s outbreak.
Eight tornadoes touched down across the area in the worst August outbreak since 1969.
The state’s Department of Homeland Security reported early Thursday that 12 tornadoes hit the state, but later the agency revised that number to eight. The latest confirmations were of two weak tornadoes that caused little damage just outside Kokomo and the nearby city of Peru.
Some 140 people remained at a Red Cross shelter in Kokomo as cleanup work continued around the city and utility crews tried to restore power.
Police have restricted access to storm-damage neighborhoods, saying residents must show identification to officers before entering. He added that residents took the approaching storms seriously, which he thinks prevented more injuries from occurring.
At the Park Place Apartments in Kokomo, maintenance technician Mitchell Carlson described the post-storm scene as “a madhouse”. At least two tornadoes struck cities in central in on Wednesday, tearing th.
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He estimated 20 to 30 cars had been damaged by falling tree limbs and air conditioners.
