After severe storms and tornadoes hit multiple communities, killing at least three people. One local official says it looks looks like a bomb went off. And now a massive cleanup and recovery operation is underway. CNN's Ivan Rodriguez is there in the hard hit community of Lakeview, Ohio. Ivan, tell us more about what you're seeing. Well, Fredricka, after that powerful F3 tornado came through Lakeview here in Logan County, Ohio, as you mentioned, a lot of cleanup efforts are now underway in the background and we can hear chainsaws. Crews have really been at it all day long trying to clean up some of the debris that you can see behind me. Now, this is just a glimpse, Fredricka, of all the damage that we're seeing across Lakeview. And you can really see just debris scattered everywhere. Feet away from me is a roof that belonged to the home right behind me, a car here. This Honda CRV has been smashed in with its windows blown out. And this this object here, you can't really make out what it is very well. But the person who lives in this home told us that it's actually a dog house that flew out from a next door neighbor that's now on their property. So that cleanup process is ongoing. But moments ago, we were able to step into the home here of Mary and Joe Baker. They told me that they were in their living room when they heard the tornado sirens go off. As soon as the sirens started going off and started heading toward your bedroom. Yes. This is the living room. This is the dining room. At that point, they continue walking through the living room. She leads me into their main bedroom and she shows me exactly in the home where they hid. They both she says she, her and her husband went into the closet of the home. They got their animals, their pets, and just shelter in place. She said They were there for about 15 minutes, but it felt like an eternity. I asked her as well, Fredricka, you know, do you remember the last conversation that you had when you got into that closet? And she told me she just grabbed her husband's hand, she prayed and she asked the Lord, she said to just keep them safe, keep them sheltered, as well as the other people here in Lakeview as well. And if you could see inside from where we're standing, this is the room that we're talking about here. You can see a beam of wood smashed through the side of the wall. This roof's completely caved in. So really, their home has been severely damaged, but they're very grateful to still have each other. And also the fact that the community has really been coming together through all of this pain, all of this destruction, it's going to be a long road to rebuilding. We heard the governor of Ohio mention how the community is going to bounce back. A lot of that he mentioned has to do with the strength of the community here. I also spoke with a contractor who's working for free to make sure that a lot of these roofs are waterproof. So it's just one example of how the community is really coming together after such a painful experience. Right. Lots of concerns, but a real close call for that family and they're counting their blessings. Ivan Rodriguez, thank you so much. All right. A man and his children were trapped in a Wal-Mart during this devastating tornado that hit Indiana. Jacob Hudson says people continue to shop until a Walmart employee rushed everyone towards the produce section. He hid with his family in a restroom until the tornado passed. And Jacob Hudson is here to tell us all about it. My goodness, Jacob, I mean, what a moment. You go shopping and then the next thing you know, you all are taking shelter. So did you know the storm was coming? What happened while you were in that Walmart? Yeah, well, we had no idea the storm is going to be anything like that. Actually, we live about 10 minutes away, and when we left our home, it was actually sunny and nice, our kids playing outside and everything. And we got there. We got to Walmart maybe around 730 a time. We got to, you know, Winchester, the sky definitely turned and it was you could see storms coming in, but we were just shopping like normal and suddenly everybody's phones in the store went off and that was the tornado warning. And we were almost done. So we were actually going to you just try to get home. And then our employee said, Hey, you guys, can you go to the produce area? You know, a storm is coming in to take shelter for now. So some people say in the Kurdish area, some stayed in a office and he put us in a family restroom and we were in there maybe ten, 15 minutes and nothing, nothing was happening. We opened the door, tried to get some air and just hear what was going on. And then suddenly a worker Roshi said, it's hurting right now and came in and dove in there with us. We hurry up and shut the door and within seconds you could just hear wind going crazy and things banging around outside and, you know. So what are the ages of your kids? And while you're in this space, you know, and taking cover, are you holding your kids or are you hovering around them? Describe for me what you instinctively did. Yes, that's basically what we did. We hunkered in the corner of the restroom and even at work or we wrapped our arms just all together. And I was on the floor with my daughter who was at home. And I was you know, I was worried about her, too. And we just said a Hail Mary. And my kids were screaming, crying. You know, we're just hunched down and no idea what's going on around us. Oh, my goodness. Maybe 30 seconds. And then everything just got very quiet and we opened the door and there was that's where you just see debris in front of us, like, oh, my God. So when it got really quiet, what were you and all the other shoppers, employees that were in that space thinking, did you whisper anything to one another? Was it a matter of, you know, is it over? Or do we do we go out? Just take me to that moment. Yeah, that's we actually the the five of us in that restroom, you know, we we waited just to make sure everything was fine. We waited for quite a moment, and, you know, it was more just, okay, it's over. Let's wait till the kids see. We're fine. It's okay. It's fine. We made it. It's okay. They're crying. Yes, they were crying. Screaming. I mean, it's it's something you don't want to see as a father. They wish you could see. Just see the fear in their eyes. And, you know, as a father, you don't want that. And there's nothing you can do to change that. It was a very, very scary moment. And then your impressions once the door opened or once you all emerged from the safe space where you were, I was just kind of shock. Like at first I just seen like trash and debris in front of us. And then I kind of looked around the corner and I seen the doors of the Walmart actually pushed in and some workers quickly moved that door. And after everything seemed to be calm outside, I took a look outside and there it was, just sheet metal, plywood, damaged cars and far into the parking lot, shared. A car was kind of turned over. I mean, it was it was chaos. I mean, and this was littered everywhere. And your daughter at home, how how did she fare and everything? She was completely fine, like I said, Really 10 minutes away. Luckily, nothing happened. Here. She was she was in the bathroom. Ah, a bathtub with a blanket over her. I was trying to comfort her. I was literally more worried about her. Yeah. You know, warning first went off because, like I said, this took time until it hit. And, you know, I'm worried about her, and then it ends up hitting us at the store. Oh, my goodness. Well, she did all the right things, as did you and all the employees and other shoppers who were with you at that Walmart. We're so glad you're able to tell the story of your survival story. Jacob Hudson, thank you so much. Thank you.
