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发帖数: 901 | 1 Three people died in Tennessee hours after reports of deaths in Illinois and
in Missouri.
More than 100 were hurt and buildings badly damaged across multiple states,
with at least 16 tornado sightings.
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The theatre next to me kind of exploded - it went everywhere”
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John Moore
Witness
In pictures: Midwest tornadoes
Rescue workers are searching for survivors trapped in wrecked homes,
including a trailer park near Buffalo.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon have declared
a state of emergency.
It is not clear if the reported tornados were the cause of the deaths in
Tennessee.
'Major destruction'
The mayor of Harrisburg, Illinois, Eric Gregg, told CNN: "We've got homes
toppled, cars thrown in lakes. You can't imagine how devastating it is until
you're there."
"In small communities it's just heart-breaking - we all know each other, we
all care very much about each other."
He added that he was optimistic that rescue teams would be able to find
survivors.
In Missouri, the towns of Branson, Buffalo, Cassville, Lebanon and Oak Ridge
suffered extensive damage.
In downtown Branson, Missouri, a country music hub, debris and scattered
road signs littered the streets.
One witness, John Moore, who owns a diner damaged in the storm, said a
twister rampaged down the main street, appearing to "jump side to side".
"The theatre next to me kind of exploded. It went everywhere. The hotels on
the two sides of me lost their roofs. Power lines are down. Windows are
blown out," he added.
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BBC Weather on the severe weather battering parts of US and Canada
"There's major, major destruction. There has to be millions dollars of
damage all down the strip."
Branson is about 110 miles (177km) from Joplin, where a deadly tornado in
May 2011 killed 161 people.
The tornadoes are said to have been generated by a cold storm moving down
from the Rocky mountains that hit a warm front as it moved east, said Corey
Mead, lead forecaster at the US Storm Prediction Center, Oklahoma.
Sixteen twisters were sighted in the US states of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri
, Illinois and Kentucky.
Tornado season begins in March, but correspondents say twisters are not
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发帖数: 901 | 2 these states are like xinjiang in Cn | m*******l
发帖数: 12782 | 3 ft这些是中部，是河南，陕西之类的
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