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Article: at a glance.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 9, 2009
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ST. LOUIS | Thunderstorms packing winds gusting to 120 mph pounded parts of the Midwest on Friday, leaving five people dead, collapsing a church and knocking out power to thousands, authorities said.
Two people were killed near Poplar Bluff, Mo., when wind knocked a tree onto their car. In Dallas County, a man in his 70s had a fatal heart attack after he and his wife were sucked from their home and thrown into a field 75 to 100 feet away, said county emergency management director Larry Highfill.
A 54-year-old woman was killed in southeast Kansas when the mobile home she was in was blown off its foundation .
And late Friday, an official said ...