Severe storms and possible tornadoes pounded the South on Monday, injuring more than 100 people and killing at least two in Alabama, including a man who lived in an area devastated by a deadly twister outbreak in the spring
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What’s Causing the Rise in Deadly Storms?
Nearly 500 people have died so far as a result of tornadoes in 2011, and Sunday evening’s tornado in Joplin, Missouri, has caused the highest death toll from a single tornado in more than 50 years. In 1953, a tornado in Flint, Mich., killed 116 people.
UPDATED – Unimaginable Destructions
Updated April 28, 2011; 3 p.m. EDT
The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states has jumped to 267. Alabama officials confirmed 180 deaths. Mississippi officials reported 32 dead in that state and Tennessee raised its report to 33. Another 14 have been killed in Georgia and 8 in Virginia
At Least 85 Killed By Violent Storms In The South
Fierce storms that spawned tornadoes roared across the South, killing at least 85 people as they wiped out homes and businesses, forced a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and even prompted the evacuation of a National Weather Service office
During The Last Three Days At Least 40 Killed By Tornadoes
After North Carolina officials confirmed another death from a tornado, the death toll over the last three days has been pushed to at least