tornado

An EF-0 tornado confirmed in Huron County was the 63rd tornado in Ohio this year, surpassing the previous record set in 1992.

Survivors of the 1974 Super Outbreak will join community leaders and the National Weather Service to remember the disasters and recognize what's happened since then.

Fifty years later, local survivors share memories of one of the nation’s deadliest outbreaks of tornadoes.

The violent F5 tornado killed 32 people in Xenia, the deadliest of the 148 tornadoes in a "super outbreak" that swept across 13 states April 3-4, 1974.

Over the past 30 years, Ohio has averaged around 21 tornadoes a year. This year, there have already been 18 confirmed.

It’s been six months since a devastating and deadly storm ripped through western and southern Kentucky, producing 20 tornadoes, killing 81 people, injuring hundreds more and roiling an entire region. The event was heartbreaking, and took most people by surprise.

Along with the homes it splintered, the tornado swept away precious personal belongings. People as far away as Indiana are returning them.

Ohio Task Force 1 and Matthew 25: Ministries are on the ground in Kentucky.

The president will visit the state Wednesday. "We will welcome him here, we will thank him for his help, and sadly we'll show him the worst damage imaginable, certainly the worst in our history," Gov. Andy Beshear said.

The imagery shows the scale of the destruction in parts of Kentucky, Arkansas and Illinois.