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Thirteen die as tornadoes sweep through south of the US
Thirteen people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured as tornadoes and fierce thunderstorms swept through areas of the south of the US causing widespread damage.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:17 February 6, 2008
As many as eight counties were hit by multiple tornadoes with
four counties.
Six more died in
At least four polling stations in western Tennessee, where voting in the state's presidential primaries was underway, were forced to close early due to multiple tonadoes that struck the town.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, in telephone interview from emergency operations centre in
Widespread damage in Tennessee included part of a shopping mall in Memphis and a dormitory at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, where some students were trapped for a time but not seriously injured, the website of the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper reported.
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