A destroyed home sits in a neighborhood after it was hit by a tornado on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, south of Lawrence, Kan., near US-59 highway and N. 1000 Road. The past couple of weeks have seen unusually high tornado activity in the U.S., with no immediate end to the pattern in sight. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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CELINA, Ohio (AP) - The Latest on the aftermath of tornadoes in Ohio (all times local):
10:55 a.m.
Tens of thousands of people remain without power and water in the Dayton, Ohio, area in the aftermath of severe Memorial Day weather that spawned building-wrecking tornadoes across Indiana and Ohio.
The city of Dayton says some 60,000 of its customers had no water as of Wednesday morning, with about two-thirds of customers who have water urged to conserve it. Many people remained under boil water advisories.
Ice and water distribution centers were set up around the Dayton region.
Dayton Power & Light says it has restored power Wednesday morning to some 35,000 customers, nearly half of those hit by outages.
Forecasters confirmed at least eight tornadoes had hit the region, three of them rated as severe-damage tornadoes.
Authorities were wary of a potential wave of new thunderstorms expected Wednesday.
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1:44 a.m. Strong Memorial Day tornadoes that spun through Ohio and Indiana smashed homes and businesses and sent thousands of people cowering in basements and closets, but just a single death was reported.
Hospitals said as many as 130 people were injured after the tornadoes pounded communities in and around Dayton on Monday night amid a severe weather outbreak. In hard-hit Celina (suh-LEYE'-nuh), site of the only Ohio fatality, Fire Chief Douglas Wolters cited alerts people received on their phones and extensive coverage by TV meteorologists ahead of the storm, giving residents a 10-minute warning.
Less than 24 hours later, a vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning more tornadoes that damaged homes and injured at least 12 people. Tornado warnings stretched as far east as New York City Tuesday night
A family ducks under power lines as they make their way out of a tornado damaged neighborhood after being hit on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, south of Lawrence, Kan., near US-59 highway and N. 1000 Road. The past couple of weeks have seen unusually high tornado activity in the U.S., with no immediate end to the pattern in sight.(Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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Residents sort through apartments open up to the air Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at the Westbrooke Village Apartments in Trotwood, Ohio, after the roof was torn off from a severe storm the night before. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Residents sort through apartments open up to the air Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at the Westbrooke Village Apartments in Trotwood, Ohio, after the roof was torn off from a severe storm the night before. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Erica Bohannon leads reporters through her destroyed apartment, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Trotwood, Ohio, after a tornado storm system passed through the area the night before, tearing her roof off while she huddled with her son and dog in her bedroom closet. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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This aerial photo shows tornado damage at the Westbrooke Village Apartment complex in Trotwood, Ohio, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (Doral Chenoweth III/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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Shaun Vaine walks through his destroyed home at the River's Edge apartment complex, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio, the day after a tornado struck the city. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Pedestrians pass along storm debris on North Dixie Drive, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. A rapid-fire line of apparent tornadoes tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. At least half a dozen communities from eastern Indiana through central Ohio suffered damage, according to the National Weather Service, though authorities working through the night had reported no fatalities as of early Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Shaun Vaine, left, and Michele Thrash, right, stand in their destroyed home at the River's Edge apartment complex, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio, the day after a tornado struck the city. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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"It'll be in the house by morning" says Nick Sweeney, left, as he and his wife Tara watch the water level from flooding on their 4th Street home, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Portage des Sioux, Mo. "We saw a raccoon walking across our front porch," said Tara Sweeney. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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People watch from the Liberty Memorial as a severe storm that dropped several tornados earlier approaches downtown Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this Tuesday, May 28, 2019 aerial photo, damaged homes and debris mark the path of a tornado in Celina, Ohio. After Mondayâs tornadoes, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency in the three counties with the most damage. (Ryan Snyder/Daily Standard via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 28, 2019 aerial photo, a home west of Celina, Ohio, has had its roof torn off by a tornado that was part of a storm system that passed through Monday night. After Mondayâs tornadoes, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency in the three counties with the most damage. (Ryan Snyder/Daily Standard via AP)
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A man passes off a bundle of blue jeans as he tries to collect clothing for his family after being hit by a tornado on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in a neighborhood south of Lawrence, Kan., near US-59 highway and N. 1000 Road. The past couple of weeks have seen unusually high tornado activity in the U.S., with no immediate end to the pattern in sight. (Chris Neal/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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