Severe storms with flooding rain and tornadoes leave path of destruction in multiple states
Tornadoes, flooding rain and snow wreaked havoc across multiple states Tuesday, leaving destroyed buildings, uprooted trees and downed power lines in their wake.
Tornadoes, flooding rain and snow wreaked havoc across multiple states Tuesday, leaving destroyed buildings, uprooted trees and downed power lines in their wake.
Twenty-seven million people are now under risk of severe storms Wednesday as the destructive storm system moves east and is forecast to bring heavy rain, floods, high winds, and severe winter weather from Maine down to Florida.
In the past 24 hours there have been 12 reports of tornadoes across six states — Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky. Three EF-1 tornadoes were confirmed in Jessamine, Anderson and Nelson counties in Kentucky with 95mph to 110 mph winds.
Flooded cars in a low-lying parking lot Tuesday in Cincinnati. Kareem Elgazzar / The Enquirer / USA Today NetworkMany in the wind-battered states are waking up to the severe damage: homes stripped down to its metal bones, roofs ripped off buildings, and power lines torn down.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear had declared a state of emergency Tuesday due to the storms that started to hammer the state Monday and deployed Kentucky State Police and emergency managers to affected areas to assist locals in need. An update Tuesday reported no injuries, but damage in multiple counties.
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