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Sixteen inmates injured after lightning strikes US prison

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Sixteen inmates injured after lightning strikes US prison

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued flash flooding warnings across Ohio and Indiana, and confirmed that three tornadoes touched down in Chicago's south suburbs on Tuesday.

Severe weather and flash flooding has ravaged parts of the US Midwest in recent days, generating tornadoes, strong winds and causing widespread power outages.

Lightning struck an Ohio prison during severe weather in the state on Tuesday, injuring 16 inmates, one of which had to be airlifted to hospital.

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