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Tornado Kills 10 in Southern US

   Olcay Rached 25 April 2010
   Family and friends search through the debris for any intact items that
   belonged  inside a Yazoo City, Miss., bar called 'Wendys on the Hill,'
   24 Apr 2010

Photo: AP

   Family and friends search through the debris for any intact items that
   belonged  inside a Yazoo City, Miss., bar called 'Wendys on the Hill,'
   24 Apr 2010

   Tornadoes  ripped through the southern U.S. Saturday, killing at least
   10  people,  including  three  children.  Dozens  of other people were
   injured.

   A tornado more than a kilometer wide tore through central Mississippi,
   killing  residents,  destroying  homes, blocking highways and knocking
   out power. Yazoo City was hit the hardest.

   Mississippi's  governor,  Haley Barbour, declared a state of emergency
   in  the  affected  counties. He directed National Guard troops to help
   local officials responding to the storms.

   Tornadoes also struck other southern states.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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