Overnight Tornado in Indiana

(Evansville, Indiana) Although media reports are understandably sketchy, it's known that a killer tornado slashed through portions of Henderson County, Kentucky, and Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties, Indiana. Loss of life is at 11 people, unconfirmed. Heaviest hit areas include Boonville, Ind., where a modular home community was devastated.


Tornado IND/KY 11/06/05
(Map - CNN)
From WTHR.com:

Police report severe damage at Ellis Park race track in Henderson County, Kentucky, at the Eastbrook Mobile Home Park near Evansville's southeast side, and in the Warrick County town of Newburgh.

Authorities said about 80 people had been taken from the ruins of the mobile home park to hospitals.

It's estimated that 25,000 homes are without electricity, mostly in Warrick County. The tornado is believed to have been about 3/4 of a mile wide.

From CNN.com:

An overnight tornado killed at least 11 people and injured 160 others in southwestern Indiana, officials said Sunday.

A dispatcher for the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office confirmed seven fatalities at a mobile home park and said officials were planning to activate the National Guard to assist with the disaster.

Chad Bennett, an assistant fire chief in Newburgh in neighboring Warrick County, said authorities reported four deaths there.

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"Extensive damage" was reported at the Ellis Park horse track, a dispatcher with the Henderson County Sheriff's Department said.

With daylight, video images are being released and commentators generally are in agreement that the area "looks like a war zone."