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Toddler's Death Brings Toll From Latest Tornadoes To 39

In Henryville, Ind., on Sunday, Janet Clark stood outside what remains of her home, which was destroyed in Friday's tornado. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Toddler's Death Brings Toll From Latest Tornadoes To 39

Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock, who had been found in a field near her family's home in New Pekin, Ind., died on Sunday at a hospital in Louisville, Ky.

Erica Peterson reporting on 'Morning Edition'

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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. Butch Dill/AP hide caption

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

"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.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Birmingham Mayor William Bell

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