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Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Latest Numbers On Tornado Deaths And Damage In Six States

April 28, 2011 More than 200 people are dead because of severe weather striking the South and Mid-Atlantic U.S. Most of the fatalities are in Alabama.

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More Bad Weather Is Coming, 'Have A Safe Place To Go,' FEMA Chief Says

April 28, 2011 Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has posted a video in which he warns that "today, we're going to see more severe weather." So, he says, "have a safe place to go and act quickly" if a tornado is near.

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'A Bomb Has Been Dropped' On Birmingham, Mayor Says After Storms

Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Ala. just north of downtown Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

April 28, 2011 "You're talking about whole neighborhoods of housing just completely gone. Churches, gone. Businesses, gone. I'm not talking about just roofs being blown off, but just completely gone," says Mayor William Bell. Dozens of deaths have been reported.

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Stunning Tornado Videos Capture Storm's Power

April 28, 2011 The strength of the tornadoes that have swept across much of the South in the past few days, killing at least 178 people as they tore through, is all too terrifyingly clear in the eyewitness videos starting to appear on the Web.

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'We Are Wiped Out': Monster Storms Kill Scores In U.S.

Residents survey wreckage in Pratt City, Ala. just north of downtown Birmingham, on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

April 28, 2011 Severe storms and tornadoes killed scores of people in southern states on Wednesday and early Thursday; Britain revoked the royal wedding invitation for Syria's ambassador; 1st quarter GDP results released today.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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Powerful New Storms Trigger Damage, Help Set Possible Tornado Record?

April 27, 2011 The National Weather Service has issued a rare storm warning, saying the Midwest and South are at risk of deadly tornadoes today. April, 2011 could set a record for tornado activity.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

The Two-Way

'Somebody Was Looking Out' For People In Iowa Town Crushed By Tornado

Jason Mauch, center, carried a basket of belonging from his destroyed house in Mapleton, Iowa, on Sunday (April 10, 2011).

April 11, 2011 While about half of Mapleton was turned into rubble, no one in the town of 1,200 was killed. And the only injury reported so far: One person suffered a broken leg.

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