Searchers used thermal imaging equipment overnight as they combed fields and wooded areas in two Charlotte-area counties, looking for possible victims of tornadoes that killed at least five people Wednesday evening.
Officials in York County and 80 miles to the northeast in Davidson County said at least 15 people were injured by the twisters, which struck shortly after sunset, when many people had just arrived home from work and were preparing for dinner.
Three people were killed in the York County twister, which hit a rural area about five miles southwest of Rock Hill. Two people, including a child, were reported dead in Davidson County, with the damage centered about six miles southeast of Lexington.
