Midwest Tornado Outbreak Kills 2 in Illinois as Nearly 36 Twisters Sweep Toward Ohio Valley
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Updated · CNN · Jun 22
Midwest Tornado Outbreak Kills 2 in Illinois as Nearly 36 Twisters Sweep Toward Ohio Valley
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jun 22
Summary
Two people died in Jefferson County, Illinois, after separate mobile homes 2 to 3 miles apart were destroyed Sunday evening; five others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
At least 20 homes were damaged in the county, a third home was completely leveled, and downed trees and power lines left some residents without electricity.
Nearly three dozen tornado reports were logged across the Midwest as supercell thunderstorms moved east; in Gibson County, Indiana, several homes were "completely obliterated," though no injuries were reported there by Sunday evening.
Frontal boundaries from morning storms, followed by returning heat and humidity, rapidly recharged the atmosphere and turned thunderstorms into rotating supercells capable of tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds.
The same storm system is expected to shift into the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic on Monday, while heavy rain threatens flash flooding overnight in already saturated parts of the Central Plains, middle Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley.