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Over 20 Killed by Sat. Night Tornadoes, Damage Pix

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor

Published May 11, 2008 12:56 PM EST | Updated May 13, 2008 6:00 PM EST

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A tragic Mother's Day Eve 2008 featured a very deadly tornado outbreak, bringing the yearly death toll from tornadoes to near 100, with over 20 people killed and 40 tornado reports received yesterday on the StormMatrix.




Download this to see the storm reports in Google Earth.

Most of the deaths reported to the NWS were between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Springfield, Missouri (NWS reports including Z-time of fatalities shown below).

The wound-up parent storm system (as seen by AccuWeather.com RadarPlus below) will continue to spawn severe weather Sunday, especially in Georgia and the eastern Carolinas; two people were already injured in Cobbtown, GA early this morning by a reported tornado.

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Here are some Associated Press* photos from some of the recent tornado damage. Videos will be available later today. Meanwhile check out the videos from KOAM TV in Pittsburg, Kansas showing damage and search & rescue operations.

The remains of a mobile home in Seneca, Mo, was typical of the damage caused by a tornado on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Early reports have nine dead and one missing from the tornado that cut a path one mile wide and six miles long in southwest Missouri. A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, taking at least 11 lives, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)

Several overturned cars rest in a field following a tornado strike near Seneca, Mo. on Saturday May 10, 2008. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer)

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*Displayed through exclusive agreement with Associated Press, not for redistribution. Did you know? AccuWeather helps the AP sell the AP Photo Archive to schools and universities worldwide.

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