Minn. tornadoes kill 1, damage homes
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Tornadoes and hail struck several towns in southern Minnesota, killing one man, damaging cars and ripping roofs off at least a dozen homes. The man who died was trapped in a house near Kasota when a tornado hit Thursday, said Tom Doherty, chief sheriff's deputy in Le Sueur County.
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LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Feb. 7 -- All over this small town of tobacco farms and lumber mills, people began yesterday to grieve and pick up the mess left behind after one of the deadliest tornado strikes in state history.
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ATKINS, Ark. -- Authorities went door-to-door early Wednesday searching for more victims of deadly tornadoes that ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses as they tore across four states. At least 33 people were reported dead throughout the South.
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Hurricane Ivan killed at least two  people on Wednesday as it began to batter U.S. shores with high  winds and ferocious surf, touching off tornadoes that ripped  through coastal cities.
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A big winter storm hit the Plains and Midwest with heavy wet snow and swirling winds that created whiteout conditions Thursday morning. A North Dakota couple were killed when their car overturned.
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A winter storm brought near-blizzard conditions to much of the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, forcing schools to close and disrupting transportation across the region, while a deadly New Orleans tornado ripped through New Orleans.
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A tornado flattened dozens of homes in three eastern Iowa communities Friday, leaving a path of destruction that tore through businesses and neighborhoods in the Mississippi River town of Muscatine.
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A massive late winter storm swept across the United States Thursday, dumping snow on the north and spinning tornadoes to the south, killing at least one person.
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An explosion flattened a home Monday, killing one person and injuring two others, while a utility worker from the gas company was missing and feared dead, authorities said.
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At least one person was killed as a cyclone slammed into resource-rich northwest Australia, tearing off roofs in Port Hedland and cutting powerlines, police said Friday.
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Wind gusting to 50 mph knocked out power to thousands, damaged buildings and felled trees across the Northeast on Wednesday, killing at least one person.
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An explosion leveled two homes early Friday, killing one person and injuring at least four more, authorities said.
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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 cold front moving through Texas spawned several tornadoes, killing one person and destroying several homes. The front followed about four days of thunderstorms and flooding remained a concern.
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Storms with high winds struck northeastern Missouri early Thursday, killing two people in a mobile home, authorities said.
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Dozens of tornadoes ripped across southern US states causing severe damage and killing at least 45 people, officials said Wednesday.
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Moments after a tornado leveled the rural homes where four generations of a family lived side by side, a farmer heard his friend and neighbor's faint screams.