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Friday, May 8, 2009

4 Dead in Missouri After Severe Storms Sweep Through

ST. LOUIS — Severe thunderstorms in the Midwest have killed four people, collapsing a church and knocking out power to thousands.

In southern Missouri, Butler County sheriff's Deputy Ryan Thurman says two people were killed Friday near Poplar Bluff when wind knocked a tree onto their car.

In Dallas County, a man in his 70s had a fatal heart attack after wind lifted him and his wife from their home and threw them into a building.

Officials in Wilson County, Kan., say a person died there, but no details were immediately available.

In Illinois, Jackson County emergency management official Derek Misener says he suspects that area may have had multiple tornadoes with "substantial countywide damage and injuries."

He had no immediate reports of deaths. - FOX News

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