Vicious storms leave at least 280 dead in southern US

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The death toll from a series of brutal storms that left a path of destruction across six southern U.S. states Wednesday has now jumped to 280, as the hardest-hit states of Alabama, along with Tennessee and Virginia, count their dead.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it received 137 tornado reports around the regions, including 66 in Alabama and 38 in Mississippi. The storms were part of a series of wicked weather patterns that have killed dozens of people over the last week.

Wednesday's storms included what may be the most violent tornado ever to hit Alabama, where at least 194 were killed in the afternoon storm, according to the state emergency management agency. That death toll could rise further as search-and-rescue teams comb over the damage.

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