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48 Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Mpnday.Dec. 18, 2000 National mwm taistes gast 11 2 people Mmi 1 Tuscaloosa hardest hit; as many as 400 homes, businesses destroyed two missing people, including an infant, have been found in the rubble of the tornado that hit at about 1 p.m. "It was roaring and the wind just blew. You didn't know if you a pickup truck was caved in. A photograph of a man, a woman and a child lay in a puddle.

Debris from homes and buildings was scattered along roads south of Tuscaloosa and was hanging from trees, many of them twisted and broken. were going to live or not," said Myrtle Bowden, who took refuge in a bathroom with her husband, James. Joe Hayes, 61, said he watched from his porch as the storm hit a grocery store under construction, then lift a small pickup truck and threw its occupants. "I saw it com In the southern part of the state, another tornado hit just before noon, overturning cars and destroying homes, Geneva Mayor Warren Beck said. Geneva County Emergency Management Agency director, Margaret Mixon, said eight people were injured, two of It- 'It was roaring and the wind just blew.

You didn't know if you were going to live or not.9 Myrtle Bowden Took refuge in a bathroom during deadly tornado I 1 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) As a light snow fell, Alabama residents continued cleanup efforts Sunday, one day after after the state was hit by a band of twisters which killed 12 people. Gov. Don Siegelman, who toured the damage Sunday morning, called it "one of the worse tragedies" in the state's "When you see the devastation, the families, the homes and the businesses, you can feel the pain of these people" Siegelman said; Saturday's twisters also struck three far-flung locales, tearing apart scores of homes in Geneva, at the southern edge of the state, and Rural Etowah and stone counties in the north. One person died and at least 19 others were injured.

The National Weather Service classified the tornado as an F4 on the Fujita scale, meaning it had wind of 207 mph to 260 mph, said Don Hartley of Tuscaloosa County's emergency office. An F5 is the strongest, with wind above 260 mph. The same weather system that produced the storms in Alabama also blew down trees and caused flooding in eastern Tennessee, iced streets in parts of northern Georgia, and on Sunday clobbered the Northeast with wind and heavy rain. Tuscaloosa was the hardest hit area, with 1 1 deaths and as many as 400 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed, officials said. The worst devastation was in a sprawling trailer park just south of Tuscaloosa, where most of the victims were found.

Mobile homes were blown into mangled piles, some unrecognizable among the debris. 1 "We are still trying to find out how many are unaccounted for," said Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ted Sexton. "There were people out there Christmas shopping and all. We just don't know where they are." National Guard troops sealed off the park as rescue teams searched the rubble for survivors. With power out to thousands of homes and businesses, the search went on in darkness.

At least 50 people were injured statewide, including 38 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Emergency Management Agency spokesman Scott Adcock said Sunday. He said the bodies of he said. Twelve ing all the people who joined him huddled them severely. Five homes were destroyed and at least 20 others were damaged. The tornado also damaged a textile mill and destroyed a peanut mill in neighboring Da County.

Dale County Commissioner Buddy Stapleton said counted about a half-dozejf homes hit near Newton. A tornado also swept througjj the northern part of the state, injuring 12 people and damaging about two dozen homes in the Ball Play and Coats Bend corr munities of Etowah County, deputy emergency management director John Stoddard said. in his basement survived the storm, but Hayes lost his roof to the winds. A tree near where Beverly Smith's trailer had stood was filled with orange insulation, the trailer had been blown off its foundation and into another tree. Smith, who had taken cover in the trailer's bathroom, was hospitalized with bruises, cuts and chest pains, said her brother, Kenny Thomas.

"It piclted the trailer up," he said. In nearby yards, the roof of AP photo Two unidentified people console each other after a tornado touched down in their Tuscaloosa, subdivision Saturday. A series of tornadoes touched down across Alabama, killing at least 12 people, and injuring more than three dozen others. Time's Person fop 2000: George Ulf. 'Dys "7 STEAK AND SPAGHETTI HOUSE MMz AIT rrr Gift Idea! Gift Certificates All Denominations $5 $10 $25 close election as a positive for his administration.

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After 35 days of legal wrangling, a U.S. Supreme Court decision ended the Florida recount to lift Bush into the White House. Bush became the first winner since 1888 to gain an Electoral College majority at 271 one more than needed to win the presidency while losing the popular vote nationwide. In an interview with the magazine, Bush said he viewed the NEW YORK (AP) There will be no recount on this one: President-elect George W. Bush was named Sunday as Time magazine's Person of the Year.

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Sunrise tomorrow 6:51 a.m. Sunset tomorrow 4:35 p.m. Moon phases New First Full Last OOOO Dec 25 Jan 2 Jan 9 Jan 16 Preclpitation For 24-hour period ending at 7 p.m. Yesterday 0.04" Month to date 3.43" Year to date a42.45" Normal month to date 2.64" Normal year to date 45.48" The higher the number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 minimal 3-4 low moderate 7-9 high 10 very high Pollution Index In Nashville Yesterday N.A.

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