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Arkansans rush for cover against twister; 15 die

Severe weather possible in southeast Georgia by Wednesday

A row of lightly damages houses, top, face destroyed homes in a Vilonia, Ark., neighborhood Monday after a tornado struck the town late Sunday, killing at least 15 people. - photo by Associated Press

APTOPIX Severe Weathe Werm — A row of lightly damages houses, top, face destroyed homes in a Vilonia, Ark., neighborhood Monday after a tornado struck the town late Sunday, killing at least 15 people. - photo by Associated Press

VILONIA, Ark. — The sky turned black as the funnel cloud closed in, and Maggie Caro rushed with her husband and two children to a community shelter at a Vilonia school, hurrying in among the last to get inside the fortified gym. "They were screaming, 'Run! Run!

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