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Tornado hits Boy Scout camp, kills 4

"A tornado tore through a Boy Scout camp in the remote hills of western Iowa yesterday evening, killing at least four people, injuring 40, and setting off a frantic search to reach others trapped by piles of debris and fallen trees.

Thomas White, a scout supervisor, said that he dug through the wreckage of a collapsed fireplace to reach victims in a building where many scouts had taken shelter."


Full story: Four dead as tornado hits Iowa boy scout camp - Times Online

Four Boy Scouts Killed In Tornado | KGMB9.com | Water, Cedar, River, People

The Associated Press: 4 dead, 40 injured as tornado hits Boy Scout camp
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Video: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Deadly tornado strikes US camp

At least four people have been killed by a tornado that devastated a boy scout camp in western Iowa.

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Aerial footage video: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Iowa floods force thousands out
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Flooding from rain swollen rivers has forced the evacuation of thousands of people and has damaged homes and businesses across the US state of Iowa.
State Governor Chet Culver said that with nine rivers at near record levels, dozens of bridges have been destroyed.
He has declared 55 out of Iowa's 99 counties state disaster areas and says infrastructure repair costs will run into hundreds of millions of dollars. The state suffered storms on Wednesday and Thursday and more rain is forecast.

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Pictures of the devastation: BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Iowa floods

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Article: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Floodwater swamps major Iowa city


Thousands of people in the US state of Iowa have been urged to leave their homes because of rising river levels.

A hospital in the city of Cedar Rapids was flooded and its patients evacuated after the Cedar river burst its banks and swamped more than 400 streets.

Iowa Governor Chet Culver has declared 83 of the state's 99 counties to be disaster areas and said that nine rivers are at, or above, record levels.
The floods have also destroyed most of the Midwest's corn and soybean crops.
The damage has helped push prices for the foods to record levels this week. Wheat, oats and rice production has also been affected.

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Video and article: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Tornado kills four at Iowa camp


At least four people have been killed by a tornado that devastated a boy scout camp in the US state of Iowa.

Officials say as many as 40 people were injured at the camp near Little Sioux, in the west of the state.

More than 100 people were reportedly at the site when the tornado struck at about 1900 (2300 GMT).
The US tornado season - which peaks in the spring and early summer and affects many mid-Western states - has been particularly deadly this year.
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