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Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
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Tornado
Violently rotating column of air
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006
Windstorm in the central United States
During the late afternoon and evening of April 2, 2006, a series of tornadoes broke out in the central United States. It was the second major outbreak of 2006, in the same area that suffered considerable destruction in a previous outbreak on March 11 and 12, as well as an…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tennessee
U.S. state
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)