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1 Dead As Severe Storms Sweep Across Southeast

#1 Postby liveweatherman » Mon May 12, 2008 5:05 am

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.

“We just got inside the door frame when I was pushed inside ... then everything went,” said Parker, tears welling in her eyes as she described the chaotic scene during a brief discussion with reporters near her demolished home in central North Carolina.

Neighbors helped the 36-year-old Parker and her two children — a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old — out of the ruins that used to be their home, and the three survived with barely a scratch.

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