Storms claim at least 6 lives

Severe weather carves destructive swath across Southeast, East Coast

This aerial photo shows damage after a tornado ripped through the Sugar Hill Recreational Park in the town of Convent, in southern Louisiana Tuesday. Tornadoes ripped through the RV park in Louisiana and significantly damaged nearly 100 homes and apartments in Florida as a deadly storm system rolled across the South. More twisters took at least three lives Wednesday. - photo by Associated Press

W South-Severe Weather Ledb — This aerial photo shows damage after a tornado ripped through the Sugar Hill Recreational Park in the town of Convent, in southern Louisiana Tuesday. Tornadoes ripped through the RV park in Louisiana and significantly damaged nearly 100 homes and apartments in Florida as a deadly storm system rolled across the South. More twisters took at least three lives Wednesday. - photo by Associated Press

WAVERLY, Va. — A powerful storm system swept across the East Coast on Wednesday, killing three people in Virginia and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region. A day earlier, the system spawned about two dozen tornadoes along the Gulf Coast, damaging hundreds of homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Three people were killed and dozens were injured.

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