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Twisters rip area death toll mounts
Tornado outbreaks across Western Pennsylvania killed at least 50 and injured hundreds, with Erie and Mercer counties hardest hit. Victims tied to Lawrence County include Diane Flinner, Michael Kurpe, Robert Reynolds, and Cindy DeSalvo. Big Beaver Plaza in Beaver County destroyed, 13 injuries in the county, transit buses used to transport the injured, and National Guardsmen patrolled affected towns.
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Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
eMrs
Diane Lynn Flinner
Grim Ave
Ellport
North Sewickley Township
eMichael T. Kurpe
Glenwood Drive
Sharon
Shenango Hotel
Wheatland
New Castle
E Robert White Reynolds Sr
Main St
Cindy DeSalvo
Meadville
Timothy J. DeSalvo
Ohio
Canada
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Erie County
Mercer
Crawford
Beaver
Venango
Butler
Forest
McKean
Clearfield
Warren
Hermitage
Donald Wachter
Big Beaver Borough
Wachter
Frank Gerello
Gerello
All Brand Beverages
Jamesway
At&t
Woodworks Unlimited
Big Beaver
North
Sewickley
Marion
Beaver County
Wayne Harley
Emergency Services Center
Harley
Ellwood City Hospital
Life Flight
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Roger M. DeCarbo
DeCarbo