Storms' death toll up to 6

(CNN) -- A lethal storm system buffeted the East Coast on Friday after generating deadly tornadoes, lightning and large hail from Canada to the Gulf Coast the day and night before.

A series of tornadoes killed three people and left a broad swath of destruction in Michigan after the same storm system killed two people in Missouri. Another person died in a storm in Washington state.

In Michigan, one man died after a storm passed through Kalkaska County around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, the county sheriff's office said. The man was rescued from his mobile home but died en route to a hospital.

About 200 miles south, in Ingham County, Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth confirmed the state's second and third storm deaths in Locke Township, east of Lansing. A husband and wife who were spending their first night in their new modular home were killed when the home flipped into the lake on their property around 11 p.m.

The Associated Press identified the couple as Duane and Susan Bentley. They were said to be in their 50s.

Wriggelsworth said that in just 10 minutes, the tornado left a trail of damage spanning eight to 10 miles between Williamston and Perry, Michigan.

In Millington Township northeast of Flint, Michigan, a year-old baby was unhurt after a tornado apparently threw the baby's crib about 40 feet early Friday, fire officials said, according to the AP.

The crib and baby were found under a heap of debris.

"Sometimes miracles happen," firefighter Dan Detgen told AP.

Earlier Thursday, two people died in their mobile home when a tornado hit northeastern Missouri, CNN affiliate KMBC reported. The home was thrown into a farm field across the road, leaving nothing but some foundation blocks and a metal skirt where it had stood.

Kent Ensor, 44, and Kristy Secrease, 25, had sought shelter in Secrease's mobile home near Paris, Missouri; their bodies were found about 400 feet away, AP reported.

"Everybody knows everybody here," Jim Lovelady, who moved to the Paris area in 1994, told AP. "This hurts."

Possible tornadoes also were reported in Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Indiana, according to AP.

Authorities declared a state of emergency after what may have been a tornado hit the northern Indiana town of Nappanee, CNN affiliate WRTV reported. Police said several people were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries.

An 11-year-old boy was struck by lightning in Chicago, Illinois, and large hail was reported there and in Wisconsin, according to AP. The boy was listed in stable condition.

In western Kentucky, strong wind that may have come from a tornado blew a mobile home onto a road with a person inside, CNN affiliate WSMV reported. Rescue crews got the woman out unhurt.

In Daviess County, Kentucky, four people were hurt in a damaged mobile home, AP reported. See devastation to several large buildings in Kentucky »

Several breaches opened in Missouri River levees, flooding farm fields, CNN affiliate KMBC reported.

The National Weather Service said New England could see isolated heavy rain as the storm's cold front pushed east Friday.

Heavy rain continued Friday along the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida, where a tornado struck downtown Pensacola around noon Thursday.

The tornado severely damaged a church with an attached day-care center, destroyed four homes and left thousands of homes and businesses without power, the mayor said. See photos of the violent storm »

Only four minor injuries were reported.

A Pensacola resident who saw the twister pass said it made a frightening noise.

"It sounded creepy, like a bunch of cars were driving over my house," Leeann Franzonne told the AP.

It battered many buildings downtown, blew the roofs off sections of Cordova Mall northeast of downtown, and damaged Pensacola Junior College.

Meanwhile, one person was killed as an unrelated strong storm pounded Washington state, causing widespread power outages and rocking a floating bridge, CNN affiliate KIRO reported.

More than 310,000 homes and businesses lost electricity, a kite boarder died on Lake Washington and the Hood Canal floating bridge was closed temporarily, according to KIRO.

High winds knocked a tree onto a woman in a Kent, Washington, parking lot, and a power line onto a school bus in Maple Valley, KIRO reported. The woman's condition was unknown, and no children were hurt, the station reported.

Strong winds up to 40 mph were forecast for Friday, according to KIRO. E-mail to a friend

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