Tornado Leaves Trail of Health Concerns ; Possible Asbestos Risk in House Debris
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By KAREN DILLON, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS  KANSAS CITY, Mo.  In the weeks since a monster tornado knocked down Greensburg, Kan., hundreds of residents and volunteers have waded through the debris of some 1,000 flattened homes.
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ENTERPRISE, Alabama  - President George W. Bush got a first-hand look on Saturday at the damage from deadly tornadoes in the U.S. South, saying that while buildings could be rebuilt the biggest impact was shattered lives.
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President Bush flew to Enterprise, Ala., today to survey the devastation caused by a massive tornado that hit Thursday afternoon and to comfort a town grieving the loss of eight students, killed in their high school as they huddled in a hallway seeking to avoid the storm's wrath.
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Apparent tornadoes killed at least 13 people in Alabama on Thursday, including eight at a high school where students were trapped under a collapsed roof, state officials said. State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said eight fatalities "are in relation to the high school but whether they are all students or some students and teachers we're not sure."
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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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A rare January outbreak of tornadoes raked the Midwest on Monday, flattening houses in several states and killing at least one person in Missouri.
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LOUISVILLE, Sept. 23 -- High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, leaving at least eight people dead, stranding people in cars, forcing others from their homes and leaving thousands without power.
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A series of tornadoes causes damage to buildings and vehicles across central and southern England.
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WASHINGTON -- A new federal study suggests that household dust containing a common flame retardant may be linked to an increase in cats getting sick from overactive thyroids. That could be a warning sign for how young children could get exposed to the chemical, said Linda S. Birnbaum, director of...
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Candra Pennington and other students scrambled to a bathroom as windows shattered and the ceiling collapsed when a tornado struck Jackson, Tennessee. "We were just shocked at what we saw," she said. In Memphis, a survivor said he's lucky to be alive: "I was thinking about my mom, and I was calling on Jesus."
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Storms that raked the Plains and Southeast on Thursday tossed a mobile home in Missouri, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida that sent mall shoppers and children at a day-care center running for cover.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - At least eight people were killed on Thursday when a tornado tore into the small town of Enterprise in Alabama, CNN reported, one of several twisters that ripped across a broad swath of the U.S. South.
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Severe weather rolled through central Florida late Thursday, blowing roofs off homes, knocking down power lines and causing minor injuries. "We suspect it was a tornado," Eustis Police Chief Fred Cobb said.
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As a deadly tornado bore down on southwestern Indiana in 2005, the National Weather Service issued a radio warning urging people in the twister's path to seek shelter. But many of the most vulnerable residents didn't hear the alert because they had no radios equipped to receive it. That will change Sunday when Indiana enacts a law requiring mobile homes to have weather radios.
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Possible tornadoes spun out by the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne swept down parts of buildings, flipped cars and toppled trees and power lines in central North Carolina as more flooding hit the drenched state Tuesday.
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A tornado tossed cars down streets, damaged dozens of homes and tore off roofs in southwest Florida, officials said Monday. One person was injured by flying the debris.
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A series of tornadoes has struck communities across England, damaging homes and vehicles and uprooting trees. British weather authorities confirmed that a squall hit Northampton, where falling branches damaged an empty school bus, and another violent storm damaged gardens and homes in Luton. Part of a factory roof was blown off in Breaston, Derbyshire. Also affected were Farnborough, Hants, and Nuneaton, Warks. There have been no immediate reports of injuries.