Storms slammed the rain-soaked Midwest and hundreds of thousands of people in the region were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds.
COLOMBUS: Storms slammed the rain-soaked Midwest and hundreds of thousands of people in the region were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains.
Tornado warnings were issued yesterday for parts of central and southeast Ohio. Downed trees and power lines were reported in the southern part of the state, said National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Hatzos.
Powerful storms rolling through the Upper Midwest during most of the past week caused disastrous floods from southeastern Minnesota to Ohio that were blamed for at least 18 deaths.
In southern Michigan, the skies were clearing on Saturday but more than 100,000 customers were without power, utilities said. The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornadoes touched down Friday in areas north and west of Detroit.
Damage in Fenton, Michigan, was extensive, Mayor Sue Osborn said yesterday. "I have seen houses that have trees go right through them," she said. Only residents were being allowed into the city, she said.
About 73,000 ComEd customers in northern Illinois remained without power yesterday, ComEd spokeswoman Judy Rader said. Power to nearly 600,000 customers had been restored since Thursday's storm, but it could take days to restore power to all customers, officials said.
The storms in Illinois were responsible for at least one death, a man struck by a wind-toppled tree, officials said. In addition, an autopsy was planned on a man found lying in more than 2 feet of water in his basement, officials said.
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