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February 6, 2008

At Least 44 Killed After Tornadoes Strike US South
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1B2A61F:A6F02AD83191E160354EFD83DB91312898CBE7246176B735& At least 24 people
died in Tennessee, including five people outside city of Nashville





Lightning rolls across the sky of Tyler, Texas as powerful
thunderstorms stretch across Texas to Tennessee, 05 Feb 2008

Authorities say a string of tornadoes killed at least 44 people and
left a path of destruction across three southern U.S. states Tuesday.

At least 24 people died in Tennessee, including five people outside
the city of Nashville. A shopping mall in the city of Memphis
sustained major damage, while several students at a college in the
nearby city of Jackson were trapped for several hours after their
dormitory was destroyed.

The twisters killed at least 13 people in the state of Arkansas,
including at least nine in the small Arkansas town of Atkins. At least
seven are dead in Kentucky, including a couple and their adult
daughter.

The deadly storms also injured scores of other people, and destroyed
or damaged many homes and businesses.

Tornadoes, wind damage and hail also were reported in the states of
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri.

Some information for this report was provided by AP.


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