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More than three people killed by tornadoes in US

Following a storm system that delivered tornadoes and thunderstorms to the midwest and southeast on Sunday, one person died in Indiana and two people died in Arkansas.

Following a string of severe storms that moved east across the country, hundreds of thousands of people are without power from Louisiana to Michigan.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado watch for the majority of Indiana, as well as smaller portions of Michigan and Ohio, on Sunday afternoon.

The storm system was also expected to bring damaging winds and ‘very large hail’ to an even greater area across the Midwest, stretching across Ohio into parts of northern Kentucky.

Nearly 500,000 people are without power across the Southeast and Ohio Valley after tornados slam into the region, killing at least one person: Northeast is set to be hit by thunderstorms and heavy flooding
A tornado strikes a row of houses (Picture: Twitter/ @thrillsbill)
Debris is lifted into the air by a possible tornado during severe weather near Greenwood, Indiana, U.S., June 25, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Eric Ford via TMX/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
A tornado devastates a neighborhood in Greenwood, Indiana (Picture: via REUTERS)

Around 4.30pm, a tornado struck a two-storey log cabin in rural Martin County, Indiana, killing one occupant and seriously injuring a second, who was airlifted to a local hospital.

Martin County Emergency Management Director Cameron Wolf described the storm damage as both ‘random’ and ‘widespread’ in the rural parts of the county.

Closer to Indianapolis, officials reported damage from fallen trees and large pieces of hail.

Another tornado struck Johnson County, causing damage to about 75 houses in the city of Bargersville. No deaths or injuries have been reported from the twister as of Monday morning.

Debris is left behind after a reported tornado touched down in several areas of Greenwood, Ind., Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2023. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Remains of a home in Greenwood, Indiana (Picture: AP)
In this image taken from video, a man surveys a roof of a home severely damaged after a tornado touched down on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Johnson County, Ind. Authorities said up to 75 homes were damaged. (WRTV via AP)
A man surveys the damage to a home in Johnson County, Indiana (Credits: AP)
Nora Stoner, 9, her mom, Jackie Stoner, and brother, Christian Stoner, 15, survey tornado damage in front of their home Sunday, June 25, 2023, in Greenwood, Ind. Jackie and her husband Adam took shelter in the lowest room of their home as the tornado blew open the front doors, shattered windows and damaged the house and surrounding property. Their two children were not home at the time. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
A family surveys the damage to their home in Greenwood, Indiana (Picture: AP)

‘This is a very dangerous scene for the area,’ Bargersville Fire Chief Erik Funkhouser said at a news conference. ‘We have power lines that are down all throughout that 3-mile area.’

Meanwhile in the southeast, severe storms swept through parts of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

In Arkansas, falling trees killed two people and injured a third in the town of Carlisle, located about 35 miles east of the state capital in Little Rock.

Large portions of both Arkansas and Tennessee also lost power, with over 100,000 customers in each state reporting outages on Monday.

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