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Tornado death confirmed as violent storms smack the South

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — when the husband went to
Weekend storms raked get them something to eat,
parts of the Southeast, the building collapsed in
leaving deaths and injuries the storm and killed her.
in their wake as a tornado Smith said 12 other people
smashed into a commercial were injured, but the
district in a small Mississippi injuries did not appear to
city and drenching rains be major. City spokesman
fed a rising flood threat. Joe Dillon said the tornado
A woman was killed when also seriously damaged a
a tornado hit Columbus, school and two community
Mississippi, and a man center buildings.
died when he drove into “There was pretty extensive
floodwaters in Tennessee, damage,” Dillon said
officials said. Sunday, a day after the
Columbus Mayor Robert Columbus twister struck.
Smith Sr. said 41-year-old “But the streets today have
Ashley Glynell Pounds of been filled with workers
Tupelo and her husband and volunteers, all working A child plays around the podium that was virtually undamaged or moved in the tornado that de-
were renovating a house hard to clean up the mess.” stroyed First Pentecostal Church in Columbus, Miss., Sunday morning, Feb. 24, 2019.
Saturday evening, and Continued on Page 3 Associated Press