Death toll rises to 57 in U.S. tornadoes
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Communities across the U.S. South grieved for the dead and tried to pick up their lives on Thursday after the deadliest round of tornadoes in nearly a quarter century killed 57 people.
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Rescue efforts are under way in  southern US states after a series of tornadoes killed at least 20 people.
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Tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Ivan claimed at least two lives and waves lashed onto shore as the US Gulf Coast today felt the first impact of the storm whose full fury was expected during the night.
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The death toll across Haiti from the weekend deluges brought by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to 691 Tuesday, with 600 of them in Gonaives, and officials said they expected to find more dead and estimated tens of thousands of people were homeless.
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Severe thunderstorms and at  least one tornado killed 19 people on Friday when they ripped  through Florida in the dead of night, tearing homes to shreds,  toppling heavy trucks and leaving a trail of rubble.
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The death toll from Hurricane Ivan&#39;s terrible fury rose to at least 56 last night as the worst of the vicious storm roared past Jamaica on its death march toward Cuba and the Cayman Islands.
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At least 19 persons were killed by tornadoes and electrical storms that hit central Florida, the spokesman for Lake County told AFP, as crews searched the area for more victims.
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Bloated bodies and weeping relatives filled mortuaries today as Tropical Storm Jeanne killed more than 570 Haitians with the toll expected to rise.
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The US National Weather Service&#39;s Storm Prediction Center said Thursday that 173 tornadoes were reported in August and 247 in September.
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A large, fast-moving snowstorm that closed sections of major highways on the Plains on Saturday was blamed for seven traffic deaths, while strong winds in Arkansas cut a 5-mile-long swath of damage, destroying buildings and leaving several people injured.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in an Asian  earthquake and tsunami Sunday has jumped to more than 6,300,  according to officials and local media.
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One person was killed and at least  19 people were injured on Tuesday when a tornado swept through  New Orleans neighborhoods still recovering from Hurricane  Katrina.
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A string of deadly tornadoes have struck the southern United States, with reports Friday of at least 16 dead, including five children killed when the roof of their school collapsed.
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PUNTA GORDA, United States : The Hurricane Charley death toll rose to 19 and hundreds of thousands of people remained without power as the relief operation gathered pace.
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Eight people died when an apparent tornado struck a high school in Alabama. Nine people were killed in Georgia.
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Fourteen people were killed  and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed when tornadoes  ripped through central Florida on Friday, an official said.
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High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, leaving at least seven people dead, stranding people in cars, forcing others from their homes, and leaving thousands without power.