SHOALS, 26 Jun: A tornado struck a home, killing one occupant and injuring another as severe weather hit parts of Indiana, Tennessee and other states, an official said.
\nThe tornado that struck the home Sunday evening was part of a storm system that pushed through Martin County, Indiana, WXIN-TV reported. A tornado also touched down Sunday afternoon in Johnson County, south of Indianapolis, damaging at least at least 75 homes, authorities said.
\nMartin County Emergency Management Agency Director Cameron Wolf confirmed the death and injury, according to WXIN, which reported that the home was in a rural area where multiple trees were brought down by high winds.
\nMartin County emergency management officials did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking additional information about the casualties and the extent of storm damage.
\nThe town of Shoals, the Martin County seat, is about 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis and 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Louisville, Kentucky.
\nA tornado also touched down Sunday afternoon in Johnson County, south of Indianapolis, causing damage in communities including Greenwood and Bargersville, officials said.
\nMichael Pruitt, deputy fire chief of Bargersville, Indiana, told the Indianapolis Star a search and rescue operation did not find any deaths or injuries after the fire department responded to a 4:15 p.m. report of a structure collapse resulting from the Johnson County tornado, which he said was on the ground for about 15 minutes.
\nBargersville Fire Chief Erik Funkhouser said in a news conference Sunday that at least 75 homes suffered moderate to severe damage in a 3-mile (4.8-kilometer) area as the tornado crossed Indiana State Road 135 in the vicinity of Interstate 69.
\n\u201cObviously, this is a very dangerous scene for the area,\u201d Funkhouser said. \u201cWe have power lines that are down all throughout that 3-mile area.\u201d
\nPruitt said affected homes could be without electricity for days.
\nJessyca Copas, her wife and father-in-law watched the funnel cloud as it moved behind a home across the street, the Indianapolis Star reported.
\n\u201cIt was starting to come back down, and there was like a buzzard caught in it,\u201d Copas said. \u201cI was like, \u2018That bird\u2019s not getting out.\u2019\u201d
\nA tree would fall into their home where Copas said the family, including her 20-month-old daughter, hunkered down in a bathroom for safety.
\nKimber Olson, 42, told her 8-year-old son to sit in the bathtub while she stood outside and filmed what looked like two cyclones circling toward her apartment in Bargersville
\n\u201cThe sound is deafening,\u201d Olson said. \u201cYou\u2019ll never forget the sound. Your ears pop in such a strange way. You get a ring in your ear.\u201d
\nAfter the tornado got closer, she went inside, closed all the doors and jumped in the bathtub with her son. She said she heard glass explode as her window shattered.
\n\u201cEvery storm I\u2019m going to be terrified,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m going to be watching \u2014 very, very vigilant.\u201d
\nSurvey teams were set to visit Martin, Johnson, Daviess and Monroe counties on Monday to assess damage from Sunday\u2019s severe storms and tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service office in Indianapolis. (AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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