Updated
Updated · 14 News WFIE Evansville · Jun 22
Confirmed Tornadoes Damage Tri-State Homes and Chapel, Collapsing 1 Retirement Community Structure
Updated
Updated · 14 News WFIE Evansville · Jun 22

Confirmed Tornadoes Damage Tri-State Homes and Chapel, Collapsing 1 Retirement Community Structure

3 articles · Updated · 14 News WFIE Evansville · Jun 22

Summary

  • Sunday night storms left major damage across Indiana’s Tri-State area, with confirmed tornadoes reported in Chandler and damage concentrated in Warrick and Gibson counties.
  • Chandler residents reported a tornado tossed a carport from behind a building to the front, while Newburgh’s Bell Point Apartments and Apple Center also showed debris and structural damage.
  • Owensville was hit hard: Blythe Chapel was destroyed, and additional damage was reported in Owensville and nearby Mackey.
  • Newburgh officials were also called to a structure collapse at a retirement community, adding to a broader severe-weather outbreak that had already killed at least two people elsewhere in the Midwest.

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