At least 2 dead, hundreds of thousands without power after severe US Midwest storms
SPY•Severe storms leave deaths and widespread outages across the Midwest
Powerful storms moved through the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead and nearly a million without power, officials said.
Here are some details:
- A 4-year-old child died after a tree fell on his home in Geneva Township in Indiana, Jennings County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Cody Low said.
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said one person died after flooding obstructed first responders from reaching the individual in Roseville.
- Local media also reported that one person died in a home explosion and fire that occurred after storms moved through Portage, Indiana. Police said the cause of the explosion remained under investigation.
- Over 800,000 electricity customers across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky were without power as of midnight Eastern Time on Tuesday, the poweroutage.us website showed.
- "Even after the storms exit the state, flooding will remain a serious concern," Ohio's governor said.
