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May 11, 2008

At Least 20 Killed in Storms in Oklahoma, Missouri, Georgia 
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Officials in Missouri and Oklahoma say a tornado has killed at least 18 people, tens injured 






A car sits where a house once was after a deadly tornado swept through southwest Missouri near Seneca, 10 May 2008

Officials in the southern United States say a tornado that moved across the region Saturday has killed at least 20 people in three states.

In Oklahoma, seven fatalities were reported in the town of Picher, in the northeastern part of the state.  Emergency management officials say the tornado virtually destroyed a large section of the town.

In southwestern Missouri the storm killed at least 12 people.  Ten of the dead were from Newton County, an area close to the Oklahoma border.

The line of storms moved eastward during Sunday's early hours, killing at least one person in the town of Dublin in central Georgia in the southeastern United States. Few details were available; it was not clear whether a tornado formed.

Hospital authorities say up to 90 people have been treated for injuries in Missouri and up to 50 in Oklahoma.  Emergency responders are searching damaged homes for more victims of the storm.   




Some information for this report was provided by AP.





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