A state-by-state look at deaths and damage caused by a string of tornadoes that tore across the South:
Tennessee: At least 24 people were killed, including a 70-year-old man whose mobile home was leveled in Macon County.
A fire erupted at a natural gas pumping station northeast of Nashville that authorities said could have been damaged by the storms. Eight students were trapped in a battered dormitory at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., until they were finally freed; about 51 students were taken to the hospital. Winds collapsed roof of Sears store at a mall.
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Arkansas: At least 11 people have died, including parents killed with their 11-year-old in Atkins, about 60 miles northwest of Little Rock. Their home took a "direct hit" from the storm, an emergency official said.
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Kentucky: At least seven people were killed, including a couple killed in their mobile home with their adult daughter when a tornado went through their western Kentucky trailer park.
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Mississippi: A twister shredded warehouses in an industrial park in the city of Southaven, just south of Memphis.
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Alabama: An apparent tornado damaged eight homes in Walker County, and a pregnant woman suffered a broken arm when a trailer home was tossed by the winds, according to the county's emergency management director.![]()


