Tornado tears through Florida, kills 19
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ORLANDO, Florida  - 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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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday and killed at least 19 people, most of whom had been taking shelter in a high school that collapsed in southern Alabama.
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A tornado that devastated central Florida will be the first categorized under a scale that went into effect Thursday, weather officials 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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rances continued its slow but violent crawl through Florida today, dumping rain on almost the entire state as it ripped out power lines and wiped out water supplies for millions of residents
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A tornado destroyed two mobile home parks, killing one person, and blew out windows in buildings across the town, officials said Monday. At least 18 people were injured.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of southern Florida with fire-hose force Sunday, submerging entire roadways and tearing off rooftops even as the storm weakened and crawled inland with heavy rains in its wake...
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Stuart (Florida), Sept. 26 : Hurricane Jeanne sent wind and hug waves crashing ashore as it slammed into storm-wear Florida today, forcing thousands into shelters and tearing part of the roof from a hospital.
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Tornadoes plowed across the South from Texas to Alabama on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing four people, wrecking homes and businesses in rural areas and the suburbs of New Orleans, and turning trees to kindling.
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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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MELBOURNE, Fla. - The outer bands of Hurricane Frances whipped Florida's Atlantic coast with 90 mph wind Saturday as the storm crawled toward the state, bringing a potential for more than a foot of rain, tornadoes and heavy flooding as tens of thousands fled the area...
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances barged onto Florida's coast with 105 mph winds and driving rain Sunday, 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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At least 33 people died as 130mph winds and lashing rain swept across Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
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Hurricane Frances weakened slightly today after it smashed across Florida's east coast, knocking out power to 2 million people and causing extensive damage.
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By JIM ELLIS LADY LAKE, Fla. - Severe thunderstorms tore through central Florida early Friday, destroying mobile homes and a church, lifting a tractor-trailer into the air and killing at least two people, authorities said.
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A massive storm, which hit the state of Florida in the US, continued its rampage on Sunday forcing two and a half million people to flee the East Coast.
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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.