Tornadoes kill several in Midwest and South

Tornadoes swept across the Midwest and the South on Friday, hitting hardest in southern Indiana, where at least eight people were killed and an entire town was flattened. Homes and businesses were also destroyed in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee as at least 50 tornadoes touched down in six states at various times of the day.

Emergency Services officials confirmed that eight people were known to have been killed in Jefferson, Scott and Ripley counties in southern Indiana.

The town of Marysville, Ind., was completely gone, and Henryville Junior-Senior High School was destroyed.

 Multiple tornadoes were reported on Friday 2, to be still racing across Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio and West Virginia, the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service reported.

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday would likely end up as one of the five biggest tornado days of the year, with tornado like activity leading to watches or warnings in at least 17 states.