19 dead as tornado, thunderstorms wreak havoc in Florida
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Deadly thunderstorms and a tornado have leveled homes and cut power in central Florida, killing at least 19 people as rescuers searched for survivors in the wreckage.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. | Hurricane Ivan blistered the Gulf Coast early Thursday, spawning killer tornadoes, 2Â½-story waves and torrential rain that killed at least 23 people and demolished dozens of waterfront homes.
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The National Weather Service says a tornado destroyed four homes in the Florida Panhandle.
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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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The deadliest storm of the hurricane season tore into Florida last night, battering the storm-weary state with 120-mph winds, blinding rain and massive waves.
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Thunderstorms and tornadoes devastated parts of Central Florida before dawn Friday, flattening hundreds of homes.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - 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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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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Thirteen people were killed Thursday when tornados slammed at least two Alabama towns, causing widespread damage, media in the southeastern US state quoted officials as saying.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances weakened slightly but pounded Florida relentlessly with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...
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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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Fourteen people died after tornadoes ripped through hundreds of homes in central Florida on Friday, a spokesman for the Lake County emergency operations center said.
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Under sunny skies, members of the Church of God in Lady Lake, Florida, held their morning worship service today amid the remnants of their destroyed sanctuary, leveled by a pre-dawn tornado. The National Weather Service said three tornadoes were responsible for killing at least 20 people and causing catastrophic damage.
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By JIM ELLIS LADY LAKE, Fla. - Storms blew through central Florida early Friday, killing at least 14 people, damaging hundreds of homes and a church and lifting a tractor trailer into the air, authorities said.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla.  - Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of Florida with fire-hose force Sunday, submerging entire roadways and tearing off rooftops even as it weakened to a tropical storm and crawled inland with heavy rain. More than five million people lost power.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla.  - Hurricane Jeanne peeled roofs  off houses, a hospital and an emergency shelter and left almost  2 million people without power on Sunday as it plowed through  parts of Florida already scarred by Hurricane Frances three  weeks ago.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Potent but slow-moving Hurricane Frances snapped power lines and whipped the Atlantic coast with winds over 90 mph Saturday, knocking out electricity for about two million people and forcing Floridians to endure another day of waiting and worrying...