1 dead,16 hurt as storm system pounds US
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Raymond Pierce, 72, surveys damage to his property after strong winds from a suspected tornado passed through the Lafayette Woods subdivision Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 in Houma, La. No one was injured. (AP Photo/The Houma Courier, Julia Rendleman)
Raymond Pierce, 72, surveys damage to his property after strong winds from a suspected tornado passed through the Lafayette Woods subdivision Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 in Houma, La. No one was injured. (AP Photo/The Houma Courier, Julia Rendleman)
Diane Pierce, 69, stands near her shed, which was demolished by strong winds from a suspected tornado Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 on Piping Rock Drive in Houma, La. No one was injured. (AP Photo/ Julia Rendleman, The Houma Courier)
Diane Pierce, 69, stands near her shed, which was demolished by strong winds from a suspected tornado Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 on Piping Rock Drive in Houma, La. No one was injured. (AP Photo/ Julia Rendleman, The Houma Courier)
Terrebonne Parish trustees clean up storm debris left by strong winds from a suspected tornado Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 at Village East School in Houma, La. (AP Photo/The Houma Courier, Julia Rendleman)
Diane, 69, and Raymond Pierce, 72, survey damage to their property after strong winds from a suspected tornado passed through the Lafayette Woods subdivision Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 in Houma, La. No one was injured. (AP Photo/The Houma Courier, Julia Rendleman)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) ? One person has been killed in a storm system that produced several possible tornadoes throughout the Southeast.
The person was killed in north Georgia when a tree fell on a sport utility vehicle, according to Capt. Tim House of the Forsyth County sheriff’s office. The storms have damaged dozens of homes and buildings in at least three states. At least 16 people have been hurt, though only a couple of them had to be taken to the hospital.
Forecasters say a cold front stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Northeast was to blame. Temperatures dropped in some areas from the low 70s to the 50s as the front passed, and winds gusted to near 30 mph (50 kilometer).
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