Action Sports Center is closed after the severe weather destroyed fields and an indoor venue, "It is complete devastation," said Kyle Coby, one of the owners of the complex.In Celina, Ohio, 81-year-old Melvin Dale Hannah was killed when a parked car was blown into his house, Mayor Jeffrey Hazel said Tuesday. Large wooden transmission line supports were snapped and a house had its roof torn off.
“When it was over, I couldn’t believe what I saw.”The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning.The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. Highway crews had to use snowplows to clear an Ohio interstate.Some of the heaviest damage was reported just outside Dayton, Ohio. In nearby Brookville, where the storm tore off the school's roof, classes were canceled.In Indiana, a twister touched down Monday evening in Pendleton, about 35 miles from Indianapolis. The Action Sports Center, a 30,000-square-foot indoor complex in Dayton housing two full-size soccer fields, was left in ruins.“It’s a complete loss, no way around it,” one of the owners told WHIO. About 40 homes had been damaged or destroyed, water service was disrupted, and the gas had been turned off for fear of leaks.At a Tuesday morning news conference, Hazel confirmed seven injuries in Celina, three of which he categorized as “serious,” “We are somewhat reeling from the tornado from last night,” Hazel told The Post. Others were still trying to wrap their heads around the catastrophic damage caused to their communities.As residents went outside to assess the damage, they began recounting their experiences.“It was shaking and we covered for shelter,” Dwayne Chastain Jr. Nathan Mann of Trotwood told WDTN that he took cover once he heard the sirens in his area, proceeding to his basement. Late Monday, an area around Dayton, in Ohio's Montgomery County, saw some of the worst damage. "We're getting big counts on a lot of these days, and that is certainly unusual," Marsh said.A tornado with winds up to 140 mph struck near Trotwood, Ohio, a community of about 24,500 people eight miles outside Dayton. Several apartment buildings were damaged or … “My Administration fully supports the people of the great State of Ohio as they begin the cleanup and recovery,” DeWine toured the damage in Celina on Tuesday, pledging at a news conference to “do absolutely anything that we can” to help tornado victims recover. City leaders issued a “Our community has been tested before, and we have always risen above it,” Whaley said. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Six were reported in Iowa, five in Nebraska, four in Illinois and three in Minnesota, with one in Idaho.Monday marked the record-tying 11th straight day with at least eight tornadoes in the U.S., said Patrick Marsh, a Storm Prediction Center meteorologist. Over 7,000 homes were damaged and of these, over 1,500 were destroyed. The last such stretch was in 1980. “I was standing on the porch that is no longer standing. The deadliest tornado of the outbreak sequence began five miles to the southeast of Jasper, Missouriduring the evening hours of May 22. Several apartment buildings were damaged or destroyed, including one complex where the entire roof was torn away, and at least three dozen people were treated for cuts, bumps and bruises.Just before midnight, about 40 minutes after that tornado cut through, the National Weather Service tweeted that another one was crossing its path, kicking up enough debris to be visible on radar. The storm damaged a popular sports center in the city.
A garage in this area also sustained roof damage. Some structures were reduced to rubble. Debris littered the roadways.Payne said emergency responders would assess buildings for casualties and structural damage. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) visited Dayton on Tuesday and thanked first responders.“My heart goes out to the families impacted in the Miami Valley & across Ohio,” The massive recovery effort comes after a terrifying and chaotic night that some residents were not sure they would survive.Michael Sussman, who lives in the Dayton suburb of Brookville, As the storm descended on his house, he recalled, “I stood in the middle of the hallway and didn’t know if I was going to survive.”“I was hit by debris in my head,” Sussman said.
He compared the scene Monday night to something “out of a movie.” He said he pretty much tied himself to a pole “and hoped to God that nothing would hurt me.” He texted his wife, thinking that he was going to die.“It felt like someone picked my house up and set it back down,” he said. Tenley Taghi was in tears as she filmed what was left of her family’s home. The roof of a high school in Brookville was ripped off. Tenley Taghi was in tears as she filmed what was left of her family’s home. But Monday's swarm was unusual because it happened over a particularly wide geographic area and came amid an especially active stretch, he said.As for why it's happening, Marsh said high pressure over the Southeast and an unusually cold trough over the Rockies are forcing warm, moist air into the central U.S., triggering repeated severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.