Over 20 Killed by Sat. Night Tornadoes, Damage Pix
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.
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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.
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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