One or more tornadoes tore through rural Ohio and Indiana on Friday, killing three people and injuring dozens while destroying several homes, Reuters reported.

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At least one tornado killed three people in Logan County, Ohio, Sheriff Randall Dodds said, while earlier reports of three deaths in Indiana turned out to be false.

The powerful tornado was one of seven tornadoes reported in Indiana and Ohio overnight Thursday into Friday.

Another tornado was reported in North Texas, and another may also have damaged a town in Kentucky.

On Friday, emergency responders were checking for victims in the Logan County communities of Lakeview, Midway and Orchard Island, Dobbs said during a news conference Friday morning. The search was initially hampered by downed power lines, a gas leak and massive destruction.

“We’re going to check those areas again,” Dodds said.

As daylight came, photos posted on social media showed widespread destruction in Lakeview, a community of 1,100 about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northwest of Columbus, Ohio. Images show destroyed homes, debris covering roads and large fallen trees.

In Winchester, a town of about 5,000 in eastern Indiana, 38 people were injured, three of them seriously, when an apparent tornado tore through the area, the mayor said.