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| US storms: At least seven dead in trail of destruction | |
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| A storm described by forecasters as "particularly dangerous" has hit the South and Mid-west of the US, killing at least seven people and injuring scores more ahead of Christmas. | |
| Four people were killed as tornadoes moved through northern Mississippi, officials said, and two in Tennessee and one in Arkansas. | |
| There have been reports of at least 20 tornadoes of varying severity. | There have been reports of at least 20 tornadoes of varying severity. |
| The high winds have also caused significant damage to homes. | The high winds have also caused significant damage to homes. |
| Authorities in parts of Mississippi - where a seven-year-old was among those killed - are conducting a house-by-house search-and-rescue operation after the state was hit by multiple tornadoes. | Authorities in parts of Mississippi - where a seven-year-old was among those killed - are conducting a house-by-house search-and-rescue operation after the state was hit by multiple tornadoes. |
| The boy was inside a car, which was picked up and tossed in the storm. His relatives, who were also in the car, were taken to a hospital for treatment. | |
| Planes at a small airport in the north-west of the state were overturned and an unknown number of people were injured. | Planes at a small airport in the north-west of the state were overturned and an unknown number of people were injured. |
| "I'm looking at some horrific damage right now," Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett was quoted by the AP news agency as saying. | |
| "Sheet metal is wrapped around trees; there are overturned airplanes; a building is just destroyed." | "Sheet metal is wrapped around trees; there are overturned airplanes; a building is just destroyed." |
| Mississippi's Interstate 55 was closed in both directions as the tornado approached, the state's Highway Patrol said. | Mississippi's Interstate 55 was closed in both directions as the tornado approached, the state's Highway Patrol said. |
| The bad weather is also due to hit - or has hit - the states of Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Alabama. | |
| The national Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma released a "particularly dangerous situation" warning for the first time since June 2014 when two massive tornadoes destroyed a rural Nebraska town, killing two people. | |
| The possibility of bad weather just before Christmas in the US is not unusual, officials at the centre say. | The possibility of bad weather just before Christmas in the US is not unusual, officials at the centre say. |
| One year ago a tornado hit south-eastern Mississippi, killing five people and injuring dozens more. | One year ago a tornado hit south-eastern Mississippi, killing five people and injuring dozens more. |
| A storm on Christmas Day in 2012 which included several tornadoes damaged homes from Texas to Alabama. | A storm on Christmas Day in 2012 which included several tornadoes damaged homes from Texas to Alabama. |