Tornadoes and other severe weather hit many parts of the United States, killing three people

　　China News Service, Houston, March 15. According to US media reports on the 15th local time, tornadoes and other severe weather hit many places in the United States on the evening of the 14th, killing three people and injuring dozens of others.

　　The New York Times reported that U.S. officials said severe weather triggered at least six "devastating" tornadoes in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

As of the afternoon of the 15th, the weather department had confirmed that Ohio had been hit by five tornadoes.

　　CNN reported that the Sheriff of Logan County, Ohio, said on the morning of the 15th that a tornado killed three people in the county.

Three of the deaths occurred around Indian Lake.

The Logan County Coroner said that on the evening of the 14th, two women aged 81 and 70 were found dead in a mobile home park.

On the morning of the 15th, the body of a 59-year-old man was found in a mobile home.

All three died of "blunt force trauma."

　　A spokesman for a local hospital said that about 20 people nearby were treated for fractures and other injuries, and about half of them were still in the emergency room on the morning of the 15th.

On the morning of the 15th, the Logan County Sheriff stated on an NBC program that the number of local casualties may still rise.

　　The Associated Press reported that a tornado injured 38 people in Winchester, Indiana.

The city's mayor said that about 130 local residences and a restaurant were damaged or destroyed.

In Selma, a town of about 750 residents near Winchester, as many as half the buildings may have been damaged.

　　Kentucky officials said that the severe storm on the night of the 14th caused damage to more than 100 buildings and some infrastructure in the state.

Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in the state on the 15th to deal with the damage caused by severe storms.

　　According to reports, on the 15th, more than 30 million people from Texas to South Carolina are facing the threat of severe storms. These areas may be hit by large hail, damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall and tornadoes.

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