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<br /> THE WASHINGTON POST
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<br /> Tornadoes ripped across North , ,; ;_ , ,a •,..,,.., ✓ ' i'',
<br /> Carolina early yesterday, smashing ' a ,, ' ......4.,:,,, ,.....,.,-.4-,,,Iv �` * £'i cr.
<br /> �, houses and tossing a school bus full }4g`� �' . s 4 ( � z r y� °� l t , n"
<br /> of children off a road before a dead! �' a � ,., �e ��£ ,- �,� � , �,� ,�
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<br /> storm system headed out before sea. 1 . �i3 "
<br /> Two people were killed by torn- ��a t ,"
<br /> does in North Carolina,boosting the s� � � "f,z �� c ,i `°'.•
<br /> death toll to 25 from the barrage of G ar „�,a fit #
<br /> twisters that tore through 12 states g �^� " ' t * ``'4;',7 :•.,,.,
<br /> between Saturday and yesterday. ': bra'h✓" - 4:.."Als..3,,,, ' �" eS �` 5' ,"a•°b-i" ,'<tAr 'f�-"s a -.cqs
<br /> Two other deaths in a car crash were g ; .`.t a " � h� �
<br /> blamed other heavy rain from the storm : "` * w,t , ._ „ y .,-•,,,,, ' "' � j,' ,4, `
<br /> Hundreds of people in the 12 �' ,,. is ~+� \ ,:i.--,,,,,,-,41,,,:; �:. fak a ,
<br /> states were injured and hundreds of a., a« ` �� �x#
<br /> homes were destroyed.' ., ,1 s €k:; _, 44 ,, 4,-, '+ ,.
<br /> "Several mobile homes are just "s°' .`lr -...; ',' 1' "i a v` i1, `� ' r -' ?`�`
<br /> flames laying in the middle of the �, ""�"° '';;� �d �r
<br /> road....It's pretty extensive , t„.,';..":;,, ,,.,.'4,.4'.'. ti+ 'S+ S' "� t S'' e i is °
<br /> cue squad member Ray DeFriess -aO t : t .'�° «°i4 ,,. .t ' �; V '�
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<br /> said of the damage in ayllsborough i a; ti,"v 7'-'„ .4, *
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<br /> N.0 30 miles northwest of Raleigh. t_4,, 44> ii " ` ; M Q �h4-Y ` ,4:i°ti"' ,''''''' '.�" i ' :'
<br /> He estimated 40 to 50 houses wereffo�E.
<br /> destroyed. Josh Davis,2,hags his cousin Ashley White amid the remains of their great-uncle's mobile home in Hillsborough,N.C.
<br /> Meanwhile, a new storm grew in
<br /> strength yesterday in the Rockies.A tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio, Ala miles southeast of Raleigh, Sandra higher in the atmosphere,said Henry
<br /> blizzard closed schools and highways barns also was struck and a small Ward saw a twister pick up a neigh Steigerwaldt, a National Weather
<br /> in Colorado and Wyoming, and av- tornado caused minimal damage at a' bor's mobile home and smash it into Service meteorologist in Indianap
<br /> alanches closed canyon roads 'in Smithsonian Institution storage and a field across the road, throwing a olis.
<br /> Utah,where the Alta ski resort got restoration center at Silver Hill,Md. ""'couple and their baby outside. In the West, a blizzard warninl
<br /> 45 inches of snow in 24 hours.Wy- The National Weather Service "It just lifted it up,rolled it in the was in effect for parts of Coloradc
<br /> oming state government offices said at least 45 tornadoes touched air and slammed it down,"Ward said. through this morning, Authorities
<br /> closed in Cheyenne. down in the 24 hours up to 7 a.m. The baby, found in a field, and his closed several highways acros
<br /> The first tornadoes hit Louisiana yesterday. mother were hospitalized,she said. northeastern Colorado, including In
<br /> and Texas on Saturday, damaging . In Pasquotank County in the Federal and state damage assess-
<br /> an 25 from the Fort Collin
<br /> about 300 houses in Houston but northeastern portion of the state, a ment teams moved into Mississippi. area across the Wyoming line ti
<br /> causing only minor injuries. An ex- tornado picked up a school bus and "It was absolute total devastation," Cheyenne and 1-70 between Watkins
<br /> tension of the storm system set off carried it 75 yards,authorities said. - Gov. Kirk Fordice (R) said after and Limon in eastern Colorado.
<br /> Twenty-one children and the driver touring hard-hit Rankin County, Up to 2 feet of snow was expecte<
<br /> were treated at a hospital, but only" where 10 people died. along Colorado's Front Range b
<br /> six,including the driver,were admit• Georgia Gov, Zell Miller (D) today,the National Weather Servic«
<br /> ted,
<br /> • - toured hard-hit areas yesterday and said. "It's a significant storm sys
<br /> A twister killed a man and a 2 said damage caused Sunday was very tem," meteorologist Byron Loui:
<br /> year-old boy yesterday in Hillsbo- severe. The town of White Plains said.
<br /> rough, N.C. Earlier tornadoes were looks like a war zone,"he said.Mil- Flights at Denver's Stapleton In
<br /> blamed for 15 deaths in Mississippi, ler said it appeared that one tornado ternational Airport were delayed b'
<br /> five in Georgia and one each in Ten- touched down in Putnam County 30 minutes, airport officials said
<br /> nessee, Kentucky and South Caro- "and just hugged the ground for Many airlines canceled or delays(
<br /> lino. The storm system also wa� about 10 or 15 miles,just cutting a flights for hours.
<br /> blamed for the deaths of two peopj� path of destruction all along the Dozens of schools, including th«
<br /> in North Carolina who were kilfdd way." University of Colorado in Boulder
<br /> Sunday night when their car weAt The unseasonable weather was closed early.
<br /> out of control on a rain-slick road aid caused by a southern flow of moist Snow pushed by wind of 15 to 3t
<br /> hit a house. air from the Gulf of Mexico sliding mph reduced visibility across :"%F�
<br /> Near Wilson's Mills, about 20 under much colder westerly wind ming.
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