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One person is dead in Graves County, Kentucky, after a tree fell during a storm and crushed the cab of the vehicle occupied by the victim. 

WPSD reported that strong winds blew the tree onto the truck at approximately 1:39 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The Graves County Coroner's Office pronounced 56-year-old David Fisk, of Kirksey, dead at the scene. 

In Tennessee, a construction worker was injured Wednesday afternoon when storm winds blew over scaffolding at a Nashville construction site around 4 p.m. CDT, WKRN-TV reported. 

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Later in the evening, tens of thousands were left without power in Nashville and Indianapolis, as severe storms roared through the Midwest and South. 

Nearly 25,000 customers were without power Wednesday evening in and around Indianapolis due to the storms, Indianapolis Power and Light Company reported. The storms were responsible for downed trees and flooded streets all over the city.

Just west of Indianapolis, a 66-mph wind gust was reported by the National Weather Service as the storms moved through the city. A gust of 70 mph was reported in the town of Bicknell. As of 6 a.m. Thursday, Indianapolis Power & Light reported that 10,727 customers were still without power. 

In Tennessee, wind gusts northeast of Nashville trapped one family inside their home in the Madison area after a tree collapsed onto the roof, WSMV.com reported. Power lines were also downed near the home, preventing firefighters from removing the family until the electricity could be turned off. More than 40,000 customers lost power across the state of Tennessee Wednesday night, the report added.

Downed power lines also sparked a fire near Lenoir City, Tennessee, Wednesday evening, Shannon Littleton, general manager Lenoir City Utilities Board, told WVLT.

"We had a fire last night from one of the trees that severed a power line. The power line was still electrified, so it got into a field that was nearby and caught field on fire," said Littleton.

In Ohio, the National Weather Service is working to determine if a tornado could be responsible for storm damage in Hamilton, WHIO reports. There was a report of a funnel cloud in the area, but an EMA official said Wednesday night the cloud is question was only suspicious and was not a funnel cloud.

Regardless, area resident Ron Parker said the storm will be one to remember.

“I was in the back bedroom laying down, and usually, I can’t hear rain or anything, but I heard rain start and then the house started to move,” he told WHIO partner WCPO. “It felt kind of like a suction inside the house.”

In far western Kentucky, the NWS reported multiple trees blown over by strong winds in the town of Hickman. One of those trees fell onto a home, but no injuries were reported.

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