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Storms were part of system that swept across Southeast
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Published: May 9, 2008
The powerful storm system that swept through the Triad late Thursday and into the early morning also spawned severe weather in three other states.
Earlier Thursday, an apparent tornado wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi and strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama. In south-central Tennessee, at least four homes and a few barns were reported damaged.
The storm made its way to Virginia and Maryland late Thursday and early today, leaving between 75 and 100 homes in northeastern Virginia damaged - about 30 of them severely, said Stafford County spokeswoman Cathy Riddle.
She said that two people were injured; one of them was taken to a hospital and later released. Dozens of residents were taken to a temporary shelter at a middle school.
Weather service officials confirmed today that a tornado also touched down Thursday night in Franklin and Henry counties in western Virginia. The EF1 twister, with winds of 86 to 95 mph, downed trees and damaged homes in a mile-long path, officials said.
Portions of northern and central Virginia and southern Maryland remained under a flood warning this morning.
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