Death toll rises to 29 as storms, tornadoes sweep US
US President Joe Biden visits Mississippi city Rolling Fork, one of the worst-hit areas in last week’s tornado. – AFP pic, April 3, 2023.
THE death toll from a major storm system that lashed the south-central and eastern United States with devastating winds and destructive tornadoes rose to at least 29 by yesterday, officials said. Tennessee, one of the hardest-hit states since the storms began Friday, initially had seven weather-related fatalities. But this rose to 12 after police reported three new deaths yesterday, saying two children and an adult were killed Saturday when a tree fell on a house in Memphis.
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