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Tornadoes barrel through U.S. South, Midwest

Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least seven states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees, and lay waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country.

By Associated Press and The Commercial Appeal

April 1, 2023

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Homes are damaged in a neighborhood from a storm in Little Rock, Ark., on Saturday, April 1.
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A fallen tree damages a house after a storm in Little Rock, Ark., on Saturday, April 1.
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Wynne High school is damaged from Friday's severe weather in Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1.
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Workers cut fallen trees along a road leading to Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1.
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J.W. Spencer speaks with a reporter outside his home about his experience during the tornado in Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1.
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Debris covers the ground around damaged homes in Wynne, Ark., on Saturday, April 1.
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Misty Grimes, searches through debris scattered throughout her yard left from a late-night tornado in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1. Grimes and her husband, Matt, were home as the storm hit, and found shelter inside their home. Neither were injured.
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Damage from a late-night tornado is seen in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1.
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Damage from a late-night tornado is seen in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1.
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Jaycee Ahlefeld surveys the damage left after a late-night tornado devastated the area in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1. Ahlefeld's son attended a day care that had been on what is now an empty lot.
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Damage from a late-night tornado is seen in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1.
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Damage from a late-night tornado is seen in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1.
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A school bus is surrounded by debris in an area that was heavily damage by a tornado in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1.
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Volunteers comb through an area that was heavily damage by a tornado in Sullivan, Ind., Saturday, April 1, as search-and-rescue efforts continue.
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Crew members work to clean up debris at the scene where the roof of the Apollo Theatre collapsed during a tornado Saturday, April 1, in Belvidere, Ill. Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said 260 people were in the venue.
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A worker inspects the collapsed marquee at the scene where the roof of the Apollo Theatre collapsed during a tornado, Saturday, April 1, in Belvidere, Ill. Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said 260 people were in the venue.
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Anne Adams, the principal of Crestview Elementary, Pearlie Mason, a secretary at the school, and Carolyn Hayes, a teacher at the school, look at the damage to the school and surrounding area in Covington, Tenn., on Saturday, April 1. Hayes normally works after school with students and would have still been inside in an area of the building that was heavily damaged had the school not closed early, she said.
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Jeremiah Burrell, 14, walks past the destroyed gym at Crestview Elementary School in Covington, Tenn., on Saturday, April 1.

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