Thunderstorms Damage Homes In Alabama, Mississippi, And Kentucky [Archive]

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April 4th, 2008, 08:59 PM

Amid scattered damage in north Alabama no injuries were reported, but forecasters said tornadoes would be a threat for hours in 21 central counties. School systems throughout the Birmingham area dismissed students ahead of a wave of storms.

Falling trees struck several houses and a nursing home in Cullman, and authorities ordered an evacuation of everyone within a half-mile radius of a downtown area where a gas leak was reported. Workers contained the leak but feared fuel had reached the city's storm sewers.

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Power was out throughout town, and officials urged the city's 14,000 residents to conserve water because the treatment plant couldn't operate.

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Tornado Rips Through Little Rock "It came up on us so quickly. Everything happened at once," said Leanne Collins, who works at City Hall.

In Colbert County, emergency management director Mike Melton said power lines and trees were down in a wide area. "There's about a four-mile path of damage," he said.

Across Mississippi, fast-moving storms unleashed possible tornadoes, heavy rain and some hail. Power failures
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