Top of the Hour: Tornado Death Toll Reaches 173, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Hundreds of tornadoes touched down across the southern United States yesterday, and the death toll keeps rising, making it the worst single day for  tornadoes  in almost 40 years.

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