February 07, 2008
Storm-Hit States Pick Up The Pieces
Cleanup and recovery efforts continue in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, where a cluster of tornadoes and storms have killed at least 57 people. More than half of the fatalities occurred in hard-hit Tennessee.
President Bush is touring the Volunteer State tomorrow. Federal assistance has been authorized for the five states, and FEMA crews are already on the ground. USA Today reports that Tuesday night was "the nation's deadliest barrage of tornadoes since 76 people were killed in Pennsylvania and Ohio on May 31, 1985."
The Washington Post homes in on the story of an 11-month-old Tennessee baby found alive in the wreckage, yards away from where his mother was found. She did not survive.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette have local reports of the recovery effort.
Posted at 3:30 PM
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