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| Death toll crosses 200 as storms |
| Death toll crosses 200 as storms rip through US
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 29-April-2011
12:38:20 PM |
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At least 202 people were killed when dozens of deadly tornadoes, triggered by the storms of near-epic proportions wiped out entire towns across six southern American states, officials said on Thursday.
The vast majority of fatalities occurred in Alabama, where as many as 149 people perished, although Governor Robert Bentley said there were 131 confirmed deaths.
A breakdown provided by Bentley's office showed that violent weather claimed lives in 16 Alabama counties. Thirty people perished in DeKalb County in northeastern Alabama; the death toll in the hard-hit city of Tuscaloosa, in west-central Alabama, was at 36 as of Thursday morning, said Mayor Walter Maddox.
Mississippi emergency management officials also added 14 previously unreported fatalities to the count, increasing the death toll in that state to 32, officials said. At least one person died in both Arkansas and Tennessee and 11 died in Georgia. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell said eight people were dead in his state
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