NC reporting storm deaths, adding to 17 killed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_severe_weather
RALEIGH, N.C. – A brutal spring storm raged across North Carolina on Saturday, flattening businesses, flipping cars and destroying homes, leaving an unknown number of casualties from a system already blamed for killing 17 people in four states.
North Carolina officials said there were multiple fatalities and they were working to confirm the exact number. Urban search and rescue teams were in two counties looking for residents who might be trapped in damaged buildings.
Tornadoes, storms kill at least 20 in South
Reuters - Peggy Gargis and Harriet McLeod
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110417/us_nm/us_weather_tornadoes
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Tornadoes tore into the Carolinas on Saturday afternoon as the death toll rose to 20 people from storms across the southern United States over the last three days.
A mechanic at a tire shop in Raleigh, North Carolina, said he took shelter in his truck while co-workers squeezed into an interior room when the storm hit on Saturday afternoon.
“It was one hell of a storm,” said Bryan Jackson. “I started to see the roof vibrate and then the roof separated and it was gone.”
Still listening to the scanner feed. When their tone gets quiet and somber I almost know what they’re dealing with.