The devastating severe weather that has barreled across much of the Plains and Midwest this week is still not over.
Two suspected tornadoes slammed the Dayton, Ohio, area Monday night, just 30 minutes apart, according to the National Weather Service. A third suspected tornado injured several people about 75 miles north of Dayton.The first suspected tornado to hit Dayton crossed I-75 north of the city around 11:07 p.m. and prompted a"tornado emergency warning," the highest the weather service issues. The second crossed the highway about three miles away.
— Josh Martinez May 28, 2019 A couple counties to the northwest, a suspected tornado touched down in the city of Celina, injuring seven people, according to Mercer County Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Robbins. Three of them were in serious, but not life-threatening condition. The other four people suffered minor injuries, Robbins said.
— Nate Morris May 28, 2019 The weather service will be conducting damage surveys for the next few days in the areas of Celina, New Madison, Laura, Dayton and Laurelville. More than 540,000 people were under a tornado watch in southern Ohio Tuesday morning, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. I'm absolutely speechless. Currently, praying for all the people in the #Dayton area affected by the tornado.My cousin sent me pictures of the damage done by the tornado...I'm still in shock.
— Steven G Anderson II May 28, 2019 Trees shredded, homes destroyed, schools damaged"It's bad," one business owner in Beavercreek, in Greene County, Ohio, told CNN affiliate WHIO. Beavercreek City School District superintendent Paul Otten told the affiliate his neighborhood had"crazy damage."Tornado damage on I-75 intersection in Dayton, Ohio. "We have downed power lines, but the biggest thing we're seeing is that there are trees just gone," Otten told WHIO.