Daily Mail: At least one dead and 35 injured in Ohio after 'rapid-fire' tornadoes ripped roofs from homes and left five million people without power
* Tornadoes first touched down in the city of Trotwood, just outside Dayton, at about 11pm on Monday night
* National Weather Service described tornado as 'extremely dangerous' and told residents to remain in shelters
* Photos showed widespread damage with severely damaged homes and buildings and downed power lines
* There were reports of houses being cut in half and others were completely flattened during the storms
* Authorities confirmed at least one death in Celina, Ohio, which is about 75 miles northwest of Dayton
* At least 35 people in and around Dayton went to hospitals with injuries, most of them minor, officials said
* As of Tuesday morning, five million people are without power in Ohio alone, according to local authorities
At least one person has died and 35 more were injured in Ohio after 'rapid-fire' tornadoes ripped through the state, leaving more than five million people without power
Weather experts said 51 tornadoes were reported across eight states overnight and residents of Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, are still not in the clear as severe weather is forecast to continue through Tuesday and into Wednesday.
A tally of storm reports posted online by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center shows that 14 suspected tornadoes touched down in Indiana, 10 in Colorado and nine in Ohio.
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