Tornado Rips Through Indiana and Kentucky
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 6, 2005
Filed at 10:01 a.m. ET
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Fifteen people are confirmed dead after a tornado hit southwestern Indiana, the state's homeland security spokeswoman said Sunday.
The tornado ripped across southwestern Indiana and northern Kentucky early Sunday, wrecking homes and knocking out power to thousands, authorities said
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A house in Newburgh, Ind., was damaged by the tornado.
Witnesses say the tornado touched down near Henderson, Kentucky, and hopped across the Ohio River into Indiana at around 2 a.m.
Vanderburg County sheriff's dispatcher Diane Duvall said five people were killed at the Eastbrook Mobile Home Park on the southeast side of Evansville.
Henderson County sheriff's dispatcher Michelle King said no deaths were reported in Kentucky.
At the Ellis Park racetrack between Evansville and Henderson, the Henderson County Sheriff's department said about half of the track's grandstands had been destroyed, along with horse barns and housing units.
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Deadly tornado rakes Kentucky and Indiana
At least 15 deaths reported; mobile home park severely damaged
Updated: 10:03 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2005
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - A tornado ripped across a wide swath of southern Indiana and part of northern Kentucky early Sunday, killing at least 15 people, wrecking homes and knocking out power to thousands, authorities said.
Witnesses said the tornado touched down first near Henderson, Ky., and hopped across the Ohio River into Indiana at around 2 a.m.
The Eastbrook Mobile Home Park on the southeast side of Evansville was heavily damaged. Five people were killed there, said Diane Duvall, a dispatcher at the Vanderburg County Sheriff's office.
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