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South, Midwest and Northeast evaluate the damage from tornadoes

Residents across a wide swath of the U.S. are racing to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast.

By Associated Press

April 2, 2023

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Ashley Macmillan speaks with a reporter in front of a massive tree that fell in front of her mother’s house in Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1. Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest that shredded homes and shopping centers.
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Two people stand in front of a destroyed business in Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1. Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest that shredded homes and shopping centers.
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JOSEPH CRESS/IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN VIA AP

MidAmerican Energy workers tend to downed power lines on 23rd Avenue after a tornado, Saturday, April 1, in Coralville, Iowa.
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The path of a tornado is seen through a building on James Street, Saturday, April 1, in Coralville, Iowa.
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Meghann Foster, mayor of Coralville, Iowa, bottom right, works with community members to clean up storm damage on 23rd Avenue after a tornado, Saturday, April 1, in Coralville, Iowa.
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A tree tops two vehicles destroyed by Friday's tornado in Little Rock, Ark., Saturday, April 1. Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest that shredded homes and shopping centers.
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Masoud Shahed-Ghaznavi stands in front of his home that was destroyed by Friday's tornado in Little Rock, Ark., Saturday, April 1. Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest that shredded homes and shopping centers.
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PATRICK LANTRIP/DAILY MEMPHIAN VIA AP

Traffic is backed up along one of the main thoroughfares in Covington, Tenn., Saturday, April 1. Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes have killed several people in the South and Midwest.
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PATRICK LANTRIP/DAILY MEMPHIAN VIA AP

A house is destroyed from a tornado in Covington, Tenn., Saturday, April 1. Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes have killed several people in the South and Midwest.
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PATRICK LANTRIP/DAILY MEMPHIAN VIA AP

The gym of Crestview Elementary School, where students usually gather to ride out storms, was damaged by a tornado the day before in Covington, Tenn., on Saturday, April 1. Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes have killed several people in the South and Midwest.
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PATRICK LANTRIP/DAILY MEMPHIAN VIA AP

A house that belongs to Patrick Glover is damaged from a tornado in Covington, Tenn., on Saturday, April 1, after it was hit by tornado the night before. Glover, his wife and their newborn child survived the storm by evacuating to his parent's house
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Joseph Mack helps helps neighbor Patrick Glover clean up his house in Covington, Tenn., Saturday, April 1, after it was hit by tornado. Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes have killed several people in the South and Midwest.
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Crestview Elementary School lies in ruins Saturday, April 1, after a tornado ripped through the town of Covington, Tenn. Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes have killed several people in the South and Midwest.
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Crestview Elementary School teachers Anna Vandiver, left, and Elizabeth Woddell share a hug while visiting the mangled wreckage of their classrooms Saturday, April 1, after a tornado ripped through the town of Covington, Tenn. Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes have killed several people in the South and Midwest.
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HANNAH MATTIX/THE CLARION-LEDGER VIA AP

Dominique Green, right, the mother of two-year-old Aubree Green who was killed in last week's deadly tornados, is comforted at her daughter's burial in Yazoo City, Miss., Saturday, April 1.
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NICK ROHLMAN/THE GAZETTE VIA AP

Family and neighbors look through debris on Ed Whestine's farm southwest of Wellman, Iowa on Saturday, April 1. Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed multiple people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage's scope.
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THOMAS WELLS/THE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL VIA AP

Friends and family descend on the home of Suzanne Harlow in Pontotoc, Miss., Saturday, April 1, along Rosalee Drive to help her recover some of her belongings following an early morning tornado that rolled through much of Northeast Mississippi.
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THOMAS WELLS/THE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL VIA AP

Motorists pass by a destroyed SUV that was thrown into a ditch along South Gloster near Eason Blvd Saturday, April 1, in Tupelo, Miss. Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed multiple people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage's scope.

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