Missing boy found safe after strong storms

EUCLID, Ohio (WJW) — The Euclid Police Department said a 12-year-old boy who investigators said went missing after strong storms swept through the city on Tuesday has been found safe.

On Tuesday, authorities shared a picture and alerted the public to keep an eye out for the boy who was last seen at about 5 p.m. when he left his house in the 700 block of East 232nd Street.

Investigators said the 12-year-old left without his phone and hadn’t been heard from after severe weather passed through Euclid and other areas of Northeast Ohio Tuesday evening.

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A tornado warning went into effect for Cuyahoga County at about 4 p.m. and expired at about 5:15 p.m. All of Northeast Ohio was under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m.

Early Wednesday, officials told FOX 8 the child had been found safe. Further details were not immediately released.

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