JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: A tornado ripped through the Ohio town of Xenia last night. One person was killed and hundreds of others are injured. For many residents, it's a reminder of a devastating twister that hit the town in 1974. Eve Mueller, of our affiliate station WBNS, joins us with the very latest -- Eve.</s>EVE MUELLER, WBNS REPORTER: Well, Jeanne, Ohio Governor Bob Taft has declared a state of emergency here in Green County. And you can see why. One of the hardest areas hit was this shopping mall, packed full of people at 7:30 last night, when the twister touched down. You can see cars in the parking lot just destroyed. Windows blown out. In all, 100 people injured and one person is dead. Let's take a look at some more of the devastation. The twister hit everywhere, many neighborhoods, dozens of homes and businesses. The death came in the Green County Fairgrounds when a tree crushed a car. Fourteen people are still in the hospital at this hour. Now the path of destruction in Xenia I can tell you is at least two miles wide, though our chopper view shows about a seven-mile stretch where the twister blew through. More than 100 state transportation workers are removing debris at this hour and other state folks helping police and fire direct traffic. As you can imagine, power is still out here in Xenia, and we don't think there was any official tornado warning last night. That is one reason why some people got caught off-guard. This tornado, the second major hit in Xenia. Folks who lived here back in 1974 remember the twister that hit on April 3rd, that killed 33 folks. This time, one person killed, millions in damages, and months of cleanup. Reporting live in Xenia, Ohio for CNN, I'm Eve Mueller.</s>MESERVE: Eve, thank you.
Tornado Rips Through Xenia, Ohio; One Dead, Hundreds Injured