Powerful storms, tornadoes hit Midwest
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The U.S. Midwest was battered by rain, thunderstorms, and tornadoes late on Monday and early on Tuesday, while the central Plains was spared much of the harsh weather, which was a relief for cattle already stressed by previous storms.
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Thunderstorms raked parts of the Midwest early Tuesday, a day after flash flooding swamped basements, stranded motorists and left some cars floating in water.
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Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains.
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Storms blew through the already sodden Midwest and Plains on Friday, further raising flood waters.
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Tornadoes swept through southern Missouri around dawn Thursday, damaging homes and businesses after another twister touched down in neighboring Kansas, authorities said.
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Deadly tornadoes tear across four Southern states in a deadly spasm of rare violent winter weather.
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Severe thunderstorms spawned tornadoes, large hail and lightening in parts of Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois on Friday, killing a boater trying to get to shore.
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Tornadoes ripped across the  Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday, killing at  least 14 people including eight in the southern Alabama town of  Enterprise, emergency management officials said.
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Severe storms crossing the southern   U.S. Midwest produced heavy rains, hail and flooding and caused   at least 10 deaths, local officials said on Saturday.
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WAUSAU, Wis. &#151; Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes tore through the Upper Midwest on Thursday, damaging homes and a resort, producing baseball-sized hail and dropping more than 6 inches of rain in some areas.
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By WEATHER UNDERGROUND  A strong storm moved through the Central Plains toward the Great Lakes Friday, spawning tornadoes and causing damage in Missouri.  Cool rain showers fell north of the system stretching from Montana to the Great Lakes.
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Forecasters predicted severe thunderstorms in the Midwest and rain in New England on Friday, and temperatures would likely soar in the Southeast and Southwest.
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WAUSAU, Wis. &#151; Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes tore through the Upper Midwest on Thursday, damaging homes and a resort, producing baseball-size hail and dropping more than 6 inches of rain in some areas.
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At least one tornado  touched down in Dumas, Arkansas, on Saturday, injuring a number  of people and destroying much of the small town's business  district, while a strong winter storm moved across Colorado and  into the Midwest.
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A freak cluster of tornadoes raked across an unseasonably warm Midwest, demolishing houses, knocking railroad cars off their tracks and even temporarily halting justice in one courthouse.
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A freak cluster of tornadoes raked across an unseasonably warm Midwest, demolishing houses, knocking railroad cars off their tracks and even temporarily halting justice in one courthouse
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A powerful storm system pounded a large swath of the nation Tuesday, spawning everything from heavy snow and numbing cold to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, and forecasters warned more bad weather was on the way.