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WASHINGTON: Ohio residents inspected destroyed homes and debris-strewn streets on Tuesday (May 28) after powerful tornadoes ripped through the US state overnight, killing at least one person and causing widespread damage and power outages.One twister that barrelled through the city of Dayton left 80,000 people without power as day broke, the city's assistant fire chief Nicholas Hosford told ABC News."We have homes flattened, entire apartment complexes destroyed, businesses throughout our community where walls have collapsed," Hosford said."I don't know that any community that is fully prepared for this type of devastation," he added.That twister was one of many - up to 52, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration - that touched down on Monday night and roared through eight US states.As the scope of the damage became visible with daylight, rescue teams searching for tornado victims in Dayton went door-to-door in areas particularly hard hit by the … [Read more...] about Tornadoes in Ohio leave at least one dead, widespread damage

NEW YORK: Tornadoes pulverised western Ohio early on Tuesday (May 28), killing one person, injuring scores of others and requiring emergency officials to send out snowplows to clear debris from a major highway, officials and media reports said.At least one tornado hit Dayton and at least two touched down near the city, including one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just east of the city, media reports said.An 81-year-old man was killed in Celina, a small city 105km north of Dayton, after a tornado sent a vehicle crashing into his home, Celina Mayor Jeffrey Hazel said at a news conference on Tuesday. Another seven people were injured in the storm, three of them seriously, he said.At least 35 people in and around Dayton went to hospitals with injuries, most of them minor, according to Elizabeth Long, a spokeswoman for the Kettering Health Network."We've had injuries ranging form lacerations to bumps and bruises from folks being thrown around in their houses due to the storms," … [Read more...] about One dead, dozens hurt as tornadoes flatten buildings in Ohio

WASHINGTON: A huge tornado that ploughed through the central US state of Ohio injured several people and left millions more without power, officials said Tuesday. The twister barrelled over the town of Dayton late Monday, damaging homes and uprooting trees. No deaths have been reported so far. The National Weather Service said the tornado cut electricity supplies to five million people and parts of the state faced the risk of flash flooding in the wake of the storm. “We have lost power to both water plants and pump stations. First Responders are performing search and rescue operations and debris clearing,“ the official account for the city of Dayton tweeted. Emergency workers were shutting down gas lines and trying to get to residents trapped by debris, officials in Montgomery County said. The exact injury toll was unclear from initial reports. The tornado was the third in a week to rake the central US. At least two people died and another 29 were hospitalised in Oklahoma … [Read more...] about Millions without power after tornado hits Ohio