COLUMBUS (AP) — At least three people were killed by toppled trees and more than a million

COLUMBUS (AP) — At least three people were killed by toppled trees and more than a million homes lost power as the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through Ohio on Sunday.

A falling tree killed two motorcyclists in Hueston Woods State Park in southwest Ohio, said Ohio Department of Natural Resources spokesman Jason Fallon.

A woman was killed in the Cincinnati suburb of Mt. Healthy when a tree fell through the roof of her home. Her name has not been released, said Hamilton County Coroner O’dell Owens.

Storm-force gusts felled trees, ripped roofs from buildings and blocked roads across the state.

More than 680,000 Duke Energy customers were without power in southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky in the biggest outage in the company’s history, said Duke Energy spokeswoman Kathy Meinke.

About 310,000 Ohio Edison customers were in the dark in Northeast Ohio, said spokeswoman Robin Patton.

Airport officials evacuated the control tower and canceled about 40 flights at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

before resuming air traffic Sunday evening, said airport spokesman Ted Bushelman. He said winds gusted up to 74 mph, ripping off part of the roof from a Delta Airlines hangar and damaging another airport building.

In Middletown, gusts knocked down a tree, which landed on a nearby house and suspended a truck in midair.

“The tree is leaning on our neighbor’s house, and then the root lifted up the back end of my husband’s truck. It’s about 8 feet in the air,” resident Barbara Ray told The Middletown Journal. “We’ve been out here for 17 years and we’ve never had winds like this.”

The winds sparked at least eight fires in Warren County, including one at a power substation in Hamilton Township that was later extinguished, said Frank Young, the county’s director of emergency services. About half of the county’s residents are without power.

A man was injured by a falling tree in Springboro but his condition was not known, Young said.

“We’ve got thousands and thousands of trees down, a lot of damage to homes, businesses, you name it,” Young said. “We want Ike to go away.”

At the Miami Machine Corp. about 30 miles north of Cincinnati, the roof collapsed and landed on a neighboring building, police dispatchers said.

Fallen trees and other debris blocked roads and damaged cars throughout the region. Police also responded to downed power lines and street lights that have stopped working.

In Cincinnati, Findlay Market — the state’s oldest public marketplace — and several adjacent buildings caught on fire.

Meteorologists said winds could gust above 60 mph in some areas.

Downed trees and branches covered the roads in Columbus’ downtown German Village neighborhood Sunday night. Residents who had lost electricity gathered in the streets to assess the damage. Others congregated at local restaurants and bars such as High Beck Tavern, where the bartender, Wayne Lewis, said business was three times busier than a typical Sunday.

Jeff Reznor, 63, made his way over to High Beck after his four-unit apartment building lost power and shingles were blown off the roof.

“We’ve had some pretty good soaking rain from storms, but not wind damage,” said Reznor, who has lived in Columbus since 1965.

The winds were expected to return to normal this morning. No rain was forecast for the region.

The storm damage prompted the closing of schools in Cincinnati and Columbus today.

Hurricane Ike came ashore from the Gulf of Mexico and hit Texas early Saturday, then moved northward Sunday.