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Tornado Smashes Town; 28 People Are Injured

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 27, 2009

MAGEE - Residents in a tornado-ravaged community took advantage of clearing skies Thursday to collect family keepsakes and begin cleaning up from a storm that left 28 injured and dozens of homes and businesses flattened.

Magee, a town of about 5,000 in south-central Mississippi's pine forests, may not have much time to clean up as another storm system with the potential for more destruction was expected to be over Mississippi late Thursday or early today.

As families were busy removing debris and covering exposed ceilings, the steady grinding of chain saws echoed through the community as utility crews cleared fallen trees from power lines.
Magee Mayor Jimmy Clyde said the predawn twister smashed through dozens of homes and apartment duplexes and damaged two churches.

The Associated Press

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