Death toll rises after tornadoes reported across central U.S. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. 9:53 a.m.: Dozens of tornadoes were reported across Arkansas,

Duke Energy reported around 60,000 customers without power in the Cincinnati area, Northern Kentucky and parts of Southwest Ohio at the peak of the storm.

Duke Energy's outage map showed at around 3:45 a.m. that more than 48,000 thousand properties were without power.