The Nation : Two Die in Violent Storms
Violent thunderstorms hammered at western Arkansas and south and central Texas, spinning off tornadoes. In Fort Smith, Ark., a 14-year-old girl was killed when a tree toppled by high winds crashed through the roof of her home. A 50-year-old man apparently drowned after his boat capsized in a storm on Lake Steinhagen near Beaumont, Tex. Eight people were reported missing after high winds hit Lake Livingston in eastern Texas, the site of a bass-fishing tournament. A twister lifted the roof off a cement plant in downtown Killeen, Tex., and damaged the town’s firehouse. Funnel clouds also were sighted at Sparta, Ohio, near Ann Arbor, Mich., and in the Chicago suburbs.
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