5 killed in tornado and flooding in central US

The death toll rose to at least five after severe thunderstorms swept through the central US, spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upper Midwest to Appalachia last night. 

The system that stretched from Texas to the Canadian Maritime provinces had prompted



several emergency declarations even before the dangerous storms arrived. Authorities said three people died. 

Two bodies were recovered from submerged vehicles in separate incidents. National Weather Service today confirmed an EF-2 tornado with maximum winds of 120 mph hit the city yesterday.