The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 17, 2014 Nebraska: 1 Dead, Town Devastated in Twin Tornadoes ---------------------------------------------------- In Nebraska, a child has died and at least 16 people have been critically injured after two tornadoes touched down within about a mile of each other. A local official told the Associated Press, "More than half of the town [of Pilger] is gone — absolutely gone." .