Five Deaths in Severe Outbreak, Photo
At least two people were killed in flash flooding during yesterday's storms, which also featured tornadoes in North Carolina, Georgia and (in separate storms) Kansas. Hail 3 inches in diameter fell in Tennessee (StormMatrix), and 76 mph winds were also clocked in Texas (StormMatrix).
Six-year-old Travis Dent, eats lunch near the wreckage of a trailer Friday, May 26, 2006, after severe thunderstorms rushed across Indiana on Thursday, spawning at least one suspected tornado in Otwell and causing large hail to fall in many areas. Two lines of storms slashed across the state from the northwest to the southeast beginning Thursday afternoon, leaving a trail of hail, downed limbs and heavy rain. (AP Photo/Evansville Courier & Press, Bob Gwaltney)