Neighbors and friends of a 29-year-old man who died Thursday night trapped in his home in South Boardman, Mich., comb over debris from his demolished mobile home Friday. Two homes were destroyed and several structures received serious damage during Thursday evening's powerful thunderstorm and strong winds. Six people were killed in strong storms across the country.

Williamston, Mich. ? A couple spending their first night in a new house were among at least six people killed as unusually severe October storms destroyed homes, downed trees and knocked out power in several states, authorities said Friday.

The thunderstorms, some spawning tornadoes and high winds, destroyed homes in Michigan and Indiana and collapsed a trailer in Kentucky as they struck Thursday and early Friday.

In Washington state, where one person died, a floating bridge buffeted by powerful wind was closed, and tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost electricity.

The bodies of Duane Bentley and Susan Bentley, both in their 50s, were recovered Friday morning, hours after tornadoes, strong winds and oversized hail pushed through much of Michigan, overturning vehicles and destroying homes.

The Bentleys’ home was ripped off its foundation and sent into a nearby pond in Ingham County’s Locke Township, near Lansing, police said.

A 29-year-old man was killed when strong wind collapsed his home around him in Kalkaska County.

In Millington Township, a 14-month-old boy in a crib escaped injury after apparently being tossed about 40 feet by a tornado that destroyed a home early Friday, fire officials said.

A neighbor found the baby under a pile of debris, still in the crib.

National Weather Service officials in Gaylord believe as many as four tornadoes, plus a water spout over an area lake, may have touched down in Kalkaska, Cheboygan, Alpena and Mio. Tornadoes were confirmed in eight Michigan counties, and weather service crews were still evaluating the damage in some areas.

“This is extremely rare,” said David Lawrence, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Gaylord. “When you’re this deep into the month of October, it’s a very rare event.”

In rural northeastern Missouri, the state Highway Patrol said Kent Ensor, 44, and Kristy Secrease, 25, had sought refuge in Secrease’s mobile home in Monroe County as a tornado approached. Their bodies were found about 400 feet from where the home had been.

The mobile home’s frame was found three-quarters of a mile away, with debris as far as two miles away. The National Weather Service said the storm traveled a mile and had winds as high as 135 mph.