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The tornado blew roofs off of homes and buildings, knocked over trees and even flattened a Starbucks in Kokomo's Markland Mall, ABC affiliate WRTV in Indianapolis reported.

Utility companies reported more than 32,000 customers were without power in the state as of Wednesday night.

People who had been hiding in the Starbucks' bathroom somehow survived with no major injuries.

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PHOTO: In this photo provided by Frank Oliver, a horse roams following a tornado south of Mace, Ind., Wednesday August 24, 2016.
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\"It's crazy. It's a madhouse,\" said Mitchell Carlson, a maintenance technician at the Park Place Apartments in Kokomo. He added that the complex has 16 buildings and \"probably eight of them don't have a roof.\"

Despite the violent winds, everyone appeared to have escaped harm. \"So, I guess we're all blessed at the Park Place,\" Carlson said.

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PHOTO: This photo shows a funnel cloud near Russiaville, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016.
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In addition to the Kokomo twisters, police in Indianapolis spotted at least two funnel clouds close to the ground in the city just south of Interstate 70, but the department had received no reports of damage, according to Officer Jim Gillespie of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

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PHOTO: A funnel cloud near Van Buren, Indiana, moves east before breaking up as storms move through Grant County, Aug. 24, 2016.
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ABC News' Alex Perez, Susan Caraher and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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