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Friday, April 10, 2009

Deadly Tornado Hits Mena, Arkansas

Residents in Mena, Ark., this morning are getting a fuller picture of just how badly a tornado ravaged their small town Thursday night.

One man's harrowing encounter with deadly twister.

Three people were killed, at least two dozen injured and a swath of homes and businesses -- even City Hall -- were destroyed.

Roger Susanin, a reporter for KATV in Little Rock, said the downtown area has been "devastated."

"It came out at about 8:30," he said. "People had described it like a bomb."

Susanin told how car windows shattered as the forceful winds blew through town. Gas and power lines were broken, preventing police from being able to search in some parts of town.

Residents, he said, got some warning, but it didn't seem to make much of a difference. - ABC News Story

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