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Were any A2Kers in path of Indiana-Kentucky tornado?

 
 
Reply Sun 6 Nov, 2005 09:33 am
I hope there were no A2Kers in the path of the destructive tornado that tore through Indiana and Kentucky at 2 am Sunday morning.

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Indiana tornado kills 11
Reuters
KANSAS CITY, Missouri

A powerful tornado tore through southern Indiana and parts of Kentucky early on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 100, according to emergency officials.

Four people were confirmed dead in Warrick County and seven were reported killed in Vanderburgh County and hospitals reported taking in at least 160, said Newburgh assistant fire chief Chad Bennett.

"We've had severe damage," Bennett said. "Homes were totally devastated. "People are having to try to crawl out of their homes."

Bennett said the death toll could climb as rescue workers pick through rubble.

A mobile home park in Evansville was one of the places hardest hit when the storm struck well before dawn. Many homes there were reduced to twisted piles of metal that lay mixed with remains of downed trees and other debris.

Dazed survivors were seen on local television reports wandering through battered neighborhoods.

Such television images have become familiar to U.S. viewers lately, after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast in August, devastating New Orleans, followed by Hurricane Rita's strike next the border of Louisiana and Texas in September and Hurricane Wilma, which caused widespread destruction in Florida last month.

The tornado hit at about 2 a.m. local time, with little advance notice. Alarm sirens sounded only about 10 minutes before it hit.

"Most people were asleep. They probably didn't hear the sirens," Bennett said.

An estimated 21,000 people were without power and officials declared a local state of emergency as they scrambled to locate and assist survivors and search for any further fatalities in house-to-house searches.

The tornado left a path of destruction about 20 miles (32 km) long and three-quarters of a mile wide from northern Kentucky into southern Indiana, officials said.

In Henderson County, Kentucky, the Ellis Park racetrack suffered major damage, with the grandstand ripped away and several barns damaged and horses killed, officials said.

The Indiana National Guard was monitoring the situation and preparing to move into the area to assist local officials, said national guard spokeswoman Lisa Kopczynski.
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