Extreme weather triggers floods across US, 1 dead in Ohio

Severe rain brings death and destruction across the US,with Ohio experiencing what Governor Mike DeWine calls "the worst" the state has seen, as first responders continue to rescue residents from floodwaters.

A four-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on a home in Geneva, Indiana, while lighting that struck a prison complex in southwest Cleveland injured 16

inmates.

Flood warnings on Wednesday stretched from northern Illinois to eastern Indiana,

and there were flash flood watches from Indiana to parts of Ohio, Kentucky,

West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee, the weather service said.

More than 650,000 individuals have been left without electricity.

Storm damage was also reported from the Chicago area all the way to

western Pennsylvania while three tornadoes in counties south of

Chicago were confirmed by the National Weather Service.