Powerful Storms Hit US, Kill 45

The death toll of tornadoes that hit large parts of central, southern and eastern United States has increased to at least 45 people, reports say.

Rescue operations are still ongoing in places where the storms have destroyed houses or cut trees. Hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity, The Associated Press reported.

Wild storms began in Oklahoma on Thursday and struck Kansas and Texas, eventually raking through Mississippi, Arkansas and Georgia.'

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