think we got it bad? Severe Storms Kill 27 in South, Midwest
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think we got it bad? Severe Storms Kill 27 in South, Midwest
Severe Storms Kill 27 in South, Midwest By KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press Writer
7 minutes ago
NEWBERN, Tenn. - Tornadoes shredded homes to their foundations, hail tore holes in the rooftops and high winds toppled even freight cars as a line of violent storms cut zigzagging paths of destruction that killed at least 27 people across the nation's midsection.
The worst damage from Sunday night's storms occurred along a 25-mile swath of rural western Tennessee, where 23 of the deaths occurred and state troopers using dogs searched for more victims amid the rubble of brick buildings and toppled trailers.
Severe storms also struck parts of Iowa, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Strong winds were blamed for at least three deaths in Missouri. A clothing store collapsed in southern Illinois, killing one man.
Officials estimated 1,200 buildings were damaged in Gibson County, where eight people were killed and 17 others hospitalized in critical condition, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
The Tennessee Valley Authority estimated that more than 15,000 customers were without power at midday Monday.
The storms developed after a cold front approaching from the West slammed into a mass of warm, humid air, said Memphis meteorologist Jody Aaron. A tornado in Dyer County apparently had winds of 158 to 206 mph.
The weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it had preliminary reports of 63 tornadoes.
About a half-dozen tornadoes struck Arkansas and one destroyed nearly half the town of Marmaduke, according to a fire department official. Authorities cordoned off the town after a gas line ruptured, and three people remained unaccounted for Monday.
"Almost every single structure in Marmaduke has minor to moderate damage but almost 50 percent of it is totally destroyed," acting fire commander Chris Franks said. Much of the town also was damaged by a tornado in 1997.
Brick shells were all that remained at some houses, while corrugated metal used as roofing stood draped around several trees. The storm rolled railroad cars onto their sides, several feet away from the nearest track.
Hail 4 inches in diameter slammed right through the roof of one mobile home in Arkansas, weather service meteorologist Newton Skiles said.
About 30 miles from Newbern, a tornado caused extensive damage to the southeast Missouri city of Caruthersville, although Mayor Diane Sayre said there were no known deaths in the city of 6,700.
In southern Illinois, a man died when a clothing store collapsed in the St. Louis suburb of Fairview Heights. An off-duty police officer survived for nearly an hour in the store's debris before he was pulled to safety.
In downtown Indianapolis, tornado-force winds shattered dozens of windows in an high-rise office building. The storm hit just after thousands of people had left a free outdoor concert by John Mellencamp held as part of the NCAA men's Final Four basketball tournament.<ul><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_re_us/severe_storms">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_re_us/severe_storms</a</li></ul>
7 minutes ago
NEWBERN, Tenn. - Tornadoes shredded homes to their foundations, hail tore holes in the rooftops and high winds toppled even freight cars as a line of violent storms cut zigzagging paths of destruction that killed at least 27 people across the nation's midsection.
The worst damage from Sunday night's storms occurred along a 25-mile swath of rural western Tennessee, where 23 of the deaths occurred and state troopers using dogs searched for more victims amid the rubble of brick buildings and toppled trailers.
Severe storms also struck parts of Iowa, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Strong winds were blamed for at least three deaths in Missouri. A clothing store collapsed in southern Illinois, killing one man.
Officials estimated 1,200 buildings were damaged in Gibson County, where eight people were killed and 17 others hospitalized in critical condition, according to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
The Tennessee Valley Authority estimated that more than 15,000 customers were without power at midday Monday.
The storms developed after a cold front approaching from the West slammed into a mass of warm, humid air, said Memphis meteorologist Jody Aaron. A tornado in Dyer County apparently had winds of 158 to 206 mph.
The weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it had preliminary reports of 63 tornadoes.
About a half-dozen tornadoes struck Arkansas and one destroyed nearly half the town of Marmaduke, according to a fire department official. Authorities cordoned off the town after a gas line ruptured, and three people remained unaccounted for Monday.
"Almost every single structure in Marmaduke has minor to moderate damage but almost 50 percent of it is totally destroyed," acting fire commander Chris Franks said. Much of the town also was damaged by a tornado in 1997.
Brick shells were all that remained at some houses, while corrugated metal used as roofing stood draped around several trees. The storm rolled railroad cars onto their sides, several feet away from the nearest track.
Hail 4 inches in diameter slammed right through the roof of one mobile home in Arkansas, weather service meteorologist Newton Skiles said.
About 30 miles from Newbern, a tornado caused extensive damage to the southeast Missouri city of Caruthersville, although Mayor Diane Sayre said there were no known deaths in the city of 6,700.
In southern Illinois, a man died when a clothing store collapsed in the St. Louis suburb of Fairview Heights. An off-duty police officer survived for nearly an hour in the store's debris before he was pulled to safety.
In downtown Indianapolis, tornado-force winds shattered dozens of windows in an high-rise office building. The storm hit just after thousands of people had left a free outdoor concert by John Mellencamp held as part of the NCAA men's Final Four basketball tournament.<ul><li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_re_us/severe_storms">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_re_us/severe_storms</a</li></ul>
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