Northeast Ohio residents are recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the area Tuesday afternoon.

Why it matters: More than 300,000 homes and businesses were still without power yesterday afternoon as images of downed trees and damaged property flooded social media.

Driving the news: The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes in the area.

• One touched down in Brook Park before traveling through Parma and into Bedford. The other began west in Avon Lake and moved into Bay Village into Rocky River.

How it works: An NWS spokesperson tells Axios the presence of a tornado is determined by wind speed and the damage.

• A twister is rated on an EF Scale from 0 (wind gusts 65 to 85 mph) to 5 (over 200).

The intrigue: Tornado warnings hit cellphones in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties just before 4pm Tuesday. Rain and wind gusts up to 86 mph swept in soon after.

• Storms lasted less than 30 minutes in most areas. Sirens from numerous emergency vehicles rang out almost immediately after things cleared.

By the numbers: Cuyahoga County was hit hardest, with more than 200,000 customers without power as of mid-morning yesterday, according to USA Today's Power Outage Tracker.

• Lorain County had more than 50,000 outages, while Geauga and Lake Counties each saw over 20,000.

What we saw: Photos on social media included uprooted trees, destroyed homes, crushed cars and blocked roads.

• One of the most jarring videos on Instagram shows wild rain and winds that resemble a hurricane outside a student center at Cleveland State University.

What's next: The NWS said its survey teams will continue assessing damage in parts of Northeast Ohio today.

The big picture: Ohio has already seen a record number of tornadoes this year with 67, surpassing 1992's record of 62.

• Tornadoes are still rare in Cuyahoga County, with just 18 recorded since 1950. The last one in the region hit East Cleveland in August 2023.

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The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is using a $10.6 million grant to fund an electric bus pilot project.

Why it matters: New electric vehicles will serve areas with high poverty and unemployment, Rep. Shontel Brown said.

State of play: The project, operated out of RTA's Hayden Garage in East Cleveland, will replace 10 diesel buses with EVs.

• Additionally, it will support the installation of three EV charging stations.

What they're saying: "This federal grant will help bring cleaner air, cleaner transit, and more direct investment to Northeast Ohio," Brown said in a statement.

The big picture: The RTA award is part of the Federal Transit Administration's Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities program supporting 117 projects in 47 states.

• Elsewhere in Ohio, projects in Columbus, Stark County and Mahoning County also received funding.

What's next: RTA plans to conduct a fleet electrification study and expects that the new vehicles and charging infrastructure will be in place by spring 2027.

Go deeper: RTA Red Line purchases new fleet at last

🥈 Northeast Ohio's Katie Moon won the silver medal in yesterday's women's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics. (Cleveland.com)

💰 Rock Hall CEO Greg Harris was the second-highest-paid local nonprofit executive in 2023, with annual compensation at $954,000 — a 93% increase from 2022. (Crain's Cleveland Business)

⛳️ Birdietown mini golf and lounge, an adults-only indoor putt-putt course with a menu from chef Jill Vedaa, is coming to Lakewood this fall. (Cleveland Scene)

🌯 The saga of a woman found guilty of assault after throwing a burrito bowl at a Chipotle cashier in Parma last September. (New York Magazine)

🎹 John Legend

The intrigue: The Grammy-winning Ohio native takes the stage at Blossom Music Center with The Cleveland Orchestra tonight at 7pm. Tickets start at $49.

💭 Our thought bubble: See it. Legend's piano-driven music is tailor made for an orchestra.

🎥 Cinema at the Square

The intrigue: Playhouse Square's Connor Palace re-creates the 1950s movie-going experience with screenings of popular films like "Some Like It Hot," "Mary Poppins" and "Die Hard" through Sunday.

• Tickets are $8.

💭 Our thought bubble: See it. Come out to the theater, get together and have a few laughs.

🎡 Cuyahoga County Fair

The intrigue: The annual event runs through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Middleburg Heights. Tickets start at $10.

💭 Our thought bubble: Skip it, unless you've never been to the county fair and love demolition derbies, horse pulls and fried dough.

Ohio natives have already had a great Olympic Games in Paris, especially gymnast GOAT Simone Biles.

Yes, but: That's nothing new. The Buckeye State has produced dozens of gold medalists dating all the way back to 1904, when swimmer Charles Daniels of Dayton won three golds at the Games in St. Louis.

Zoom in: Here are other Ohioans with outstanding Olympic performances: