Workers use heavy machinery to clear power lines in after a
tornado hit Georgia. (AP Photo/Billy Weeks)
Authorities say the death toll from the devastating
tornado outbreak across the southern US has climbed to 318,
making it the deadliest day for twisters since the Great
Depression.
Alabama was in the path of the most destruction from
Wednesday's storms.
Authorities today raised the number of confirmed dead to 228.
More than 30 lost their lives in Tuscaloosa, which is home to
the University of Alabama. Two students are among the dead.
In March 1932, 332 people died, all in Alabama.
In April 1974, a series of twisters killed 315 people in 11
states.
The largest death toll ever in the US from twisters was on
March 18, 1925 when 747 people were killed in storms that
raged through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. In that
outbreak, a single, 352km-long tornado killed 695 people.
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