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Tornadoes kill 13 in Alabama; Mo. girl
(AP)
Updated: 2007-03-02 07:11
ENTERPRISE- Apparent tornadoes killed at least 13 people in Alabama on
Thursday, including eight at a high school where students were trapped
under a collapsed roof, state officials said.
State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said
eight fatalities "are in relation to the high school but whether they are
all students or some students and teachers we're not sure."
A fallen tree rests atop a crushed pickup truck after an early morning
tornado moved through Caulfield, Mo., Thursday, March 1, 2007.[AP]
House Speaker Seth Hammett, at the statehouse in Montgomery, announced
that five people had died at Miller's Ferry in west Alabama, where
another apparent tornado tore into mobile homes.
Martha Rodriquez, a 15-year-old sophomore, said she had left the school
about five minutes before the storm hit. When she returned, a hall at the
school had collapsed, she said.
"The stadium was destroyed and there were cars tipped over in the parking
lot and trees were ripped out. There were trees and wood everywhere. It
was just horrible," she said.
More than 40 people were brought in to an Enterprise hospital as a
violent storm front crossed the state. The same system was blamed for a
tornado that killed a 7-year-old girl in Missouri.
Several school systems across Alabama closed or dismissed students early
Thursday as the storm front approached from the west, extending the
length of the state.
"The clouds were so dark that all the lights out here came on," said
Walter Thornton, who works at Enterprise Municipal Airport.
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