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January Storms Hit USA 11.01.05 (ITV) close X Running Time Approximately: 2 minutes Playlist Order: [N/A] Source Site: news.bbc.co.uk/ Midwest US hit by severe storms Tornadoes and severe weather in the Midwestern United States have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least eight people. Tens of thousands of homes have been left without power as high winds swept through eight states. Heavy rains also caused flooding in Illinois, Wisconsin and West Virginia. Three people are reported to have died on Sunday, including an elderly man in Marengo, Indiana, one of the areas worst-hit by the storms. Winds there area hit 170 miles (275km) an hour, the National Weather Service told AP news agency. "It's the worst thing I've ever been through. It was loud and noisy, windy. It was unreal," a resident told AP. As many as 100 homes were destroyed in the small town of about 800 people. Flooding and mudslides At least 84 tornadoes were spotted in the last 24 hours in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Iowa. In Tennessee, a seven-year-old girl died on after a wall in her home collapsed, state police said. "We had reports of winds in excess of 100mph (160km/h)," a local emergency worker told Reuters news agency. A 39-year-old man was killed in a suburb of St Louis, Missouri, when a tree fell on his car. Flooding and mudslides have washed out bridges and roads over the weekend in West Virginia, where a state of emergency has been declared in 10 counties. Heavy winds have been blamed for two deaths in Kansas on Saturday. One of the fatalities was Kansas State Senator Stan Clark, who was killed in a highway car accident. Three people are reported to have died in Missouri on Saturday, although no further details are available. It was the first big outbreak of tornadoes of the season, the National Weather Service told Reuters. The worst of the storms appear to be over, although Louisiana, Texas and the mid-Atlantic states could still see some severe weather, it added.

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