Thunderstorms Wreck Homes, Kill Girl, 7
A line of thunderstorms swept across the state, ripping apart homes, destroying a campground and causing widespread flooding. A 7-year-old girl was killed in Giles County about 80 miles south of Nashville when winds caused the collapse of a wall at her grandparents’ home.
At least nine others died in a weekend of powerful storms that produced heavy rain, high winds and some tornado activity along an arc from Louisiana to New England. More thunderstorms moved across parts of the Great Lakes states.
The Tennessee storms dumped up to 2 inches of rain in over an hour and delivered high winds and hail the size of golf balls.
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