Deadly Midwest Storms Kill 3, Leave 800,000 Without Power

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Powerful storms swept across the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, leaving at least three people dead and more than 800,000 customers without power across four states, officials said. A four-year-old child died after a tree fell on his home in Geneva Township, Indiana, according to Jennings County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Cody Low. In Portage, Indiana, a person died in a home explosion and fire that occurred after the storms moved through the area. Police said the cause of the explosion remained under investigation. In Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine said one person died after flooding obstructed first responders from reaching the individual in Roseville. DeWine signed a proclamation declaring a state of emergency in Perry and Muskingum counties, where severe flooding prompted swift water rescues. "Even after the storms exit the state, flooding will remain a serious concern," DeWine said. Over 800,000 electricity customers across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky were without power as of midnight Eastern Time Tuesday, according to PowerOutage.us. The hardest-hit state was Indiana with around 297,000 outages, representing about 9% of the state's roughly 3.3 million customers. Ohio had approximately 200,900 outages, Illinois 147,000, and Kentucky 62,900. A derecho brought wind gusts over 75 mph across a 300-mile-long stretch of the Midwest Tuesday afternoon, from northeast Iowa to northern Indiana. Hurricane-force wind gusts over 90 mph were clocked in parts of Chicago, and Columbus, Ohio, experienced gusts over 80 mph. The National Weather Service recorded straight-line winds of 99 mph in Gary, Indiana. A rare flash flood emergency – the highest level of flash flood warning – was issued early Tuesday in Perry County, Ohio, after about a month's worth of rain fell in three hour