Top of the Hour: 85 People Killed Southern Storms, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

A vicious series of  tornadoes  and storms cut across the south yesterday, killing 61 in Alabama alone. As a result of the storms, flood waters are breaching levees across the Midwest.  

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