effect for parts of indiana and ohio as severe storms moved across the west. you can see what appears to be a funnel cloud in the distance there. hours earlier, the same storm system unleashed at least nine tornadoes across oklahoma and kansas. at least seven tornados hit oklahoma alone. this is just outside of oklahoma city. officials say at least 12 people have been injured and the national weather service says preliminary data indicates the tornado that hit this area was at least ef-2. more than 200,000 homes and businesses still without power across several states. listen here as one woman describes the moment the tornado hit. before i could even blink, i could hear the wind. all the back windows where the kids bedrooms are, i could hear them crashing, busting out. i got up and then the wind just threw me back. and i m screaming. it was like a blizzard inside the house with all the debris flying. i was screaming for my kids. you know, because they were in their bedroo
threw me back. and i m screaming. it was like a blizzard inside the house with all the debris flying. i was screaming for my kids. you know, because they were in their bedrooms. i didn t know if they were hurt or anything. cnn senior national correspondent is with us now from normand, oklahoma. it is scarier and more jarring when it happens at night and all you have is the sound and the power is out. what are you seeing around you? reporter: yeah. i have always said that is by far what makes these nighttime tornadoes the most fearful thing because you don t know what direction it is coming from, how much time you have to react. a storm of this magnitude, even though people knew it was coming, it was hard to prepare for. you can see the magnitude. this is what appears to be a large storage shred ripped to