Severe Weather Affecting Millions

Illinois

• At least 50 homes were destroyed by a possible tornado in Brookport, according to reports. Search and rescue operations occurred in that town on Sunday afternoon and evening. WPSD reported that there was “massive devastation” in Brookport, with gas leaks and downed power lines. Mayor Dave Mingus tells NBC News that approximately 100 houses are damaged and that 25 to 50 of those are uninhabitable.
• More than 80,000 customers were without power on Sunday, most of them in Peoria.
• Severe damage was reported in Pontiac and northeast of Champagne.
• At least one tornado hit portions of Washington and another touched down in Pekin, authorities confirmed. The Peoria Journal Start reported that Georgetown Commons apartment complex in Washington was severely damaged and other areas were hit hard. Authorities were doing a house-to-house search.

Indiana

• Kokomo police asked residents to stay home and off the streets after city officials declared a state of emergency in the wake of severe storms.
• The town of Kokomo has declared a state of emergency through Monday morning. Schools will not be open on Monday.
• Gov. Mike Pence says the cities of Washington in southwestern Indiana and Lebanon in central Indiana have sustained significant damage and that 12 counties either reported tornado touchdowns or storm damage.
• Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley says a teacher has been injured after the storm heavily damaged a school south of Lafayette.
• The NWS says a trained spotter reported a tornado along Interstate 74 near State Route 63 in northern Vermillion County on Sunday afternoon. It also reported power lines down in adjacent Fountain County.
• Vermillion County Sheriff's Department Director of Communication Derrek Williams reported widespread damage in the northern part of the county, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

Michigan