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Twisters Tear Through South

Tornadoes wreck homes, topple poles as Wis. snowstorm benches Dems

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 17, 2008 8:03 PM CST

(Newser) – A barrage of tornadoes ripped through the South today as cold rain and snow blanketed parts of the Midwest, the AP reports. Twisters left toppled power lines, shattered windows, and wrecked homes in Alabama and Florida, causing injuries but no fatalities. “You see it on TV," said a KFC employee who saw windows blown out. "You can’t imagine how it feels until it happens to you.”

Heavy snowfall shut down the Kansas City International Airport for 6 hours this morning, its longest delay ever, as wet snow fell on southern Wisconsin and caused several car crashes. Blizzard and flood warnings remain in effect for parts of Wisconsin and Iowa. Conditions also sidelined Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as the Dems tried to stump in Wisconsin before Tuesday’s primary.

Rita M. Knotek struggles against the driving snow to pull her shopping cart to her car at a grocery store in Racine, Wi, on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2008. A snow storm that developed slowly through the night... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., media and campaign personnel are seen from a bus window as they disembark from the campaign plane at Mitchell Field International Airport... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., walks across glare ice to board her plane at Mitchell Field International Airport in Milwaukee, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. As Clinton's... (Associated Press)

Two dogs play near a damaged car after Tuesday night's tornado that plowed across Lafayette Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. At least 54 people were killed and hundreds injured by dozens of tornadoes that... (Associated Press)

Tornado damage in Aldridge Grove, Ala. on Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, 2008 after a tornado passed through the area Wednesday morning. The state was hit again by a twister today, but no fatalities have... (Associated Press)

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