Death toll climbs from Alabama storms at Boone's Chapel rally
Severe storms across the Deep South killed at least seven in Alabama including a family of three in Boone's Chapel near Montgomery. A mother and two children died in Washing ton County, with one death in Mississippi and three more in Washington County. By Saturday, 17 deaths overall. The wrecked Boone's Chapel Baptist Church and two mobile homes left only debris and damaged homes. Families search for mementos amid the devastation.
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Texans return to charred homes as wildfires scorch acres
Residents arrived Saturday to ruined houses and ranches across drought stricken Texas. Gary Glassock described his Possum Kingdom Ranch devastation as treetops burned and smoke filled air. Firefighters fought multiple blazes totaling about 3,500 acres near Wichita County as winds cooled to aid containment of fires threatening 700,000 acres statewide.
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