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midwest storms - In Minneapolis, city spokeswoman Sara Dietrich said a tornado there killed one person, confirmed by the Hennepin County medical examiner. She had no other immediate details. Two of the 29 people injured by the tornado there were hurt critically. Though the damage covered several blocks in Minneapolis, it appeared few houses were totally demolished. Much of the damage was to roofs, front porches that had been sheared away, or smaller items such as fences and basketball goals. - Sunday's storms followed a tornado Saturday night that swept through a small eastern Kansas town, killing one person and destroying at least 20 homes, as severe thunderstorms pelted the region with hail that some residents described as the size of baseballs. Storm stories: Page 8A
JOPLIN, Mo. - Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest on Sunday, killing an unknown number of people in Missouri, where a massive twister flattened a large area of one city and heavily damaged a hospital.See the full content of this document
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Tornado Devastates Missouri City
Damage was widespread across part of the southwest Missouri city of Joplin. Many streets on the city's south side were described as impassible, littered with...
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