They escaped unharmed, but he said they heard several neighbors calling for help. Tim Martin, 42, said he and his parents were awakened by the wind, which lifted their mobile home and moved it halfway into the neighbor's yard. The youngest victim was a 2-year-old boy who was killed along with his 61-year-old grandmother, the coroner's office said. Other heavy equipment rumbled through the debris as night fell and the air became crisp and cool.Īll the dead were in Indiana. They roamed what had been yards or basements, holding flashlights and lifting debris to make sure no one was underneath.Ĭranes lifted toppled mobile homes, and forklifts moved smashed cars into organized rows. "It's just terrible."Īs darkness fell Sunday night, rescuers set up lights to continue searching Eastbrook Mobile Home Park.
"They were in trailer homes, homes that were just torn apart by the storm," Deputy Vanderburgh County Coroner Annie Groves said. More than 100 people were taken to hospitals. The tornado, the deadliest to hit Indiana since 1974, struck a horse racing track near Henderson, Ky., then crossed into Indiana, triggering emergency sirens that many people fast asleep early Sunday did not hear.Īt least 17 people, including three children, died at a mobile home park in Vanderburgh County and five others died in neighboring Warrick County, east of Evansville. (AP) - Rescuers scaled heaps of rubble to listen for survivors trapped in debris left by a tornado that ripped through communities in Indiana and Kentucky, killing 22 people.
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