A 2-year-old boy was killed and his mother injured when a "devastating" tornado tore through their home in suburban Detroit, and five people were injured in Maryland when a twister knocked down several structures, trapping people inside, according to reports.
The storm in Livonia, which developed so rapidly Wednesday that there was no advance notice from the National Weather Service, uprooted a large tree and sent it crashing into the family's home, landing on the bed where the 2-year-old and his mother were sleeping, CBS News Detroit reported.
"I've been here 35 years. I've never seen a storm come through like this. It's devastating, it's horrible to see," neighbor Melanie Ricketts told the station.
The mother was taken to the hospital in critical condition, said Livonia Fire Chief Robert Jennison.
A 2-month-old in the home at the time is expected to be OK, CBS News reported.
Mayor Miller Brosnan called it a "terrible tragedy for our community," the Associated Press reported.
The NWS said that an EF1 tornado, packing wind speeds of up to 95 mph, ripped through Livonia, traveling more than 5 miles and pulling up trees and damaging homes.
A NWS representative said that the storm that spawned the tornado did not show up on its radar in time to issue a warning, the AP said, citing city officials.
In Maryland, emergency workers were responding to reports that people were trapped inside some structures felled by a tornado Wednesday evening.
The twister was spotted in Montgomery County, northwest of Washington, D.C., and the NWS warned people to take cover.
Reports said there were three collapsed structures in Gaithersburg with people trapped inside, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer told the AP.
A single family house was damaged when a tree fell on it, injuring five people inside.
