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Tornado Hits Manti MANTI, Utah (AP) _ A tornado tore through this central Utah town Sunday afternoon, destroying houses, uprooting trees and bringing down power lines. The tornado destroyed six houses and damaged two dozen others, said Sanpete County sheriff's Lt. Rick Howe, who estimated damage at $1 million. "No one got hurt," said Peter Case, an emergency management technician. "A lot of people were in church." Residents reported seeing the funnel cloud touch down at 1:50 p.m. City Manager Bill Nicholson declared a state of emergency and he and Gary Vetterly, a state emergency officials, said it appeared to...