A deadly tornado stretching a mile wide tore through downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday evening, killing 15 people, flattening homes and buildings, and bringing further damage and fatalities to a region already battered by storms. The Associated Press reported another 11 deaths in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee, bringing the total number of storm-related deaths in the South on Wednesday to at least 64. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.