Emergency agencies: Violent storms in the South claim 173 lives

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Breaking News Alert: Emergency agencies: Violent storms in the South claim 173 lives

April 28, 2011 7:38:05 AM

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The death toll from severe storms that roared across the South has risen to 173 across five states with Alabama and Mississippi each reporting increases in the number of deaths in their states.

Alabama’s emergency management agency says their death toll has gone up to 128, while Mississippi officials are reporting 32 dead in that state. Another 11 have been killed in Georgia and one each in Tennessee and Virginia.

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