Death Toll From Tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma Rises to 17

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Death Toll From Tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma Rises to 17
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At least 17 people are dead as a result of two tornadoes (http://mashable.com/2014/04/27/weather-outbreak-tornadoes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that roared through Arkansas and Oklahoma on Sunday, Reuters reports

Strong winds caused massive damage in the towns of Mayflower and Vilonia, located in Arkanasas' Faulkner countyAccording to (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/28/us-usa-tornado-weather-idUSBREA3R08320140428) Arkansas authorities, at least 10 people had died in Faulkner, and six more across the state. A**ther person was killed in Quapaw, Oklahoma, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Department spokesman Derek Derwin.

See also: Aerial Drone Footage Shows Extent of Central U.S. Tornado Destruction (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/aerial-footage-tornado-damage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


"An entire neighborhood of 50 or so homes has been destroyed. Many homes are completely gone except the foundation ... There is more devastation like this in other parts of Arkansas," state congressman Tim Griffin told Reuters. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/death-toll-tornadoes-17/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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