Posted on 11/06/2005 7:04:44 AM PST by manwiththehands
CNN) -- An overnight tornado ripped a 20-mile path through southwestern Indiana, killing at least 11 people and injuring 160 others, officials said Sunday.
Adam Groupey, deputy director of emergency management for Evansville and Vanderburgh County, said the tornado touched down about 2 a.m. in Henderson County, Kentucky, then hit the Evansville mobile home park before moving into Warrick County.
One resident of the trailer park told WFIE of Evansville she saw a tornado pick up a car with members of her family in it and toss the vehicle into a tree. Brandi Crawley said no one was seriously injured.
"The damage is very, very extensive," said Chad Bennett, an assistant fire chief in Newburgh in Warrick County. He said the area hardest hit was just north of the city limits.
"Now that daylight has come, it is making it a little more easy to see the scope of the damage, and it is very shocking."
Bennett estimated the damage path was about 3/4 of a mile wide and 20 miles long.
Groupey said officials had declared a local state of emergency, the first step toward requesting state assistance.
Many residents said the storm moved through very quickly, with the rush of wind lasting less than 15 seconds.
The National Weather Service had issued warnings for the area about 30 minutes before the tornado struck, but many people were asleep and were not aware of them.
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Yow! That is a nasty storm.
FEMA will protect me. /sarc
This is tragic, it killed people in their sleep without warning. You get where I'm going here...
Why has the president not toured the devistated areas yet? Where is the emergency shelter? Where are the busses /s
When will the looting start? I am from KY.
Are their minorities there? What are they thinking? Where is the closest liquor store and walmart? Why have they not been allowed to touch those things they desire so desperately?
Is this anywhere near the Hardin Co. KY especially around Elizabethtown, Buffalo or Louisville?
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