Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Death toll at 25 in latest bout of storms - chicagotribune.com

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - The death toll this week from tornadoes and severe storms pummeling the South rose to 25 people and the nasty weather is not yet over, emergency officials and weather forecasters said on Wednesday.

Governors in Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee each declared a state of emergency, and in Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency for 39 counties.

The latest casualties were in Louisiana and Tennessee.

A woman in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was killed at about 3:30 p.m. when a tree fell on her mobile home, said police Sergeant Jerri Weary.

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