Daily World from Opelousas, Louisiana • Page 3

Opelouscs, August 30, 1978 DAILY WORLD 3 Tornadoes Rip Three States By United Press International western Kentucky and portions of southeastern two counties in the soumern Indiana. Locally heavy thun- Texas. Flash flood warnings for Cameron County in derstorms also drenched were issued for portions of South Texas, i Turbulent remnants of Tropical Storm Debra swirled into tornadoes that slashed through parts of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee Tuesday, killing person and injuring (' more. The twisters killed one woman, uprooted trees and extensively damaged buildings and cars. A tor-? -Jiado roared down Elvis -Presley Boulevard in Memphis late Tuesday, hitting a line of fast-food and cutting two shopping -centers but missing: Graceland Mansion where Presley is buried.

Twenty-five persons were injured, most of them when the roof fell in on a pizza restaurant "I don't see how anyone in that Pizza Hut survived," said Noel Hobson, who was ville, Springdale, Cedar Bluff, and Flora. Violent winds uprooted trees in downtown Little Rock, and damaged homes on the outskirts of West Helena, Ark. An official at Methodist South Hospital in Memphis, operating on emergency power, said 21 persons had been brought to the hospital from the tornado scene but only one was injured seriously enough to be admitted. Power was knocked out in a 4-square block section of the Whitehaven area near Memphis International Airport. Officials cut off gas supplies to the area.

Power poles were uprooted or knocked askew and lines littered the rain-swept streets. At its strongest, Debra drenched low-lying south-: west Louisiana with more than 6 inches of rain and sent residents of storm-wary Cameron Parish to relatives or shelters on high ground But in Arkansas, Debra brought relief to wilting crops, scorched lawns and from temperatures In the 100s, dumping up to 5 inches in south and east Arkansas. Agronomist Ruel Nester of the University of Arkansas extension service said the rain was timed perfectly to boost the state's soybean crop. "It's too early to say how much the rain will be worth, but if it increases yields an average of one bushel per acre on the state's 4.8 million soybean acres, it would raise the crop's value by $30 million," he said. Showers and thunderstorms spread throughout the lower Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.

Flash flood watches were posted for portions of southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas, Cars Overturned In Memphis Parking Lot Volkswagen Crushed As Tornado Hits Memphis IP EOS MLS working in a nearby store when the twister struck. Thousands of Louisiana Gulf Coast residents, driven 7j.h high ground by Debra's 80 fnph gusts and high tides, returning to their Hibmes Tuesday. Little -damage was caused in the coastal areas. But rain squalls drifted frorth, hitting areas near the junction of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. Eloise Sharp, about 50, died in her mobile home near Crystal Springs, when a tornado slammed it STORE SH01JRS-MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 7:30 A.M to 7:00 P.M.

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