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# Giant tornadoes devastate southern US
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## New video shows a tornado ripping through Tuscaloosa, Alabama and the
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trail of destruction left by storms in Ringgold, Georgia.
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TelegraphPlayer-8481385
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6:17PM BST 28 Apr 2011
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More than 230 people have been killed by hundreds of tornadoes raging across
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the south of the United States, in the region's most devastating storm
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outbreak for almost 40 years.
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Entire US towns were destroyed, as six states were struck by huge twisters.
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One that was captured on extraordinary video footage measured a mile wide - 20
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times larger than the typical tornado.
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States of emergency were declared by the governors of Alabama, Arkansas,
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Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and the
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death toll was expected to rise.
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Alabama, one of America's poorest states, was worst hit. More than 131 people
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there died, 36 in the city of Tuscaloosa alone. Walter Maddox, its mayor, said
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the city had been "obliterated".
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* ## [Deadly tornado hits Alabama][1]
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* ## [Tornado flattens houses, overturns cars and lorries and forces
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airport at St Louis to close][2]
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* ## [US storms: 128 dead in major Alabama tornado][3]
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* ## [Deadly tornado in Alabama][4]
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[![The ferocious power of a tornado captured on film][18] ][19]
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### [The ferocious power of Oklahoma tornado][19]
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26 May 2011
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[![Oklahoma residents assess the aftermath of tornadoes][20] ][21]
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### [Oklahoma residents assess the aftermath of tornadoes][21]
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25 May 2011
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[![89 dead in Joplin, Missouri tornado][22] ][23]
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### [US city devastated by tornado, 116 killed][23]
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23 May 2011
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[![Massive tornado filmed as it rips through Missouri town][24] ][25]
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### [Massive twister rips through Missouri][25]
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23 May 2011
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[![Following the tornadoes that killed at least 284 people across seven
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southern states, US President Obama declares a state of emergency in
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Alabama.][26] ][27]
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### [Obama declares state of emergency in Alabama][27]
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28 Apr 2011
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[![Alabama Tornado][28] ][29]
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### [Huge tornado sweeps through Alabama][29]
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28 Apr 2011
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