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The Logan County Emergency Management Agency has begun damage
assessment with an emphasis to the hardest hit areas of the county
to the south and southeast. This is expected to be a long-term
process that could take days or longer. A tornado is believed to
have touched down near Elkhart and skipped from the through the
southern area of Logan County touching down in numerous spots as it
moved northwest though Beason.
All available Logan County emergency personnel have gone to
southern Logan County to check for damages and possible injuries.
Where structural damages are found responders account for occupants,
and systematically check for possible gas leaks, power lines down
and other hazards. There have been 9 homes reported with significant
damages, one injury, one man trapped in a car with power lines
surrounding. Several gas leaks have also been found and dealt with.
Additional emergency services from Middletown, Elkhart and
Hartsburg have responded to a mutual aid request for the
Williamsville and Sherman area where damages are most severe with
multiple homes damaged and significant damages throughout the area.
[By
JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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