August 26, 2007
Kouts, Indiana
Photographer states :: One of the Downed Powerline Towers in Kouts Indiana after the storm of Wed. Aug 15th
Beleaguered residents of the flood-ravaged Midwest found fresh damage on Sunday from a batch of tornado-bearing thunderstorms that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.
Powerful storms rolling through the Upper Midwest during most of the past week caused disastrous floods from southeastern Minnesota to Ohio that were blamed for at least 18 deaths. Tornado warnings were issued Saturday afternoon for parts of central and southeast Ohio. Downed trees and power lines were reported in the southern part of the state, said National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Hatzos. Flooding this week spread across an 80-mile (129-kilometer) swath through the northwest and north central parts of the state. Gov. Ted Strickland was to tour more of the damaged areas on Sunday. In southern Michigan, about 42,000 customers still lacked power Sunday, utilities said. The weather service confirmed tornadoes touched down Friday in at least four areas, including a single 26-mile (42-kilometer) stretch. One of the twisters cut a path a quarter-mile (400 meters) wide, snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees, the weather service said.
