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Smokies recovers from rare tornado in April

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Asheville Citizen-Times reports:
[On April 27,] ... 7:30 p.m., a tornado — part of the massive storm system that tore through seven Southern U.S. states and killed more than 350 people — swept through the western tip of the national park in Blount County, Tenn.

Traveling northeast, the twister hugged the ground for 11.5 miles, clearing a quarter-mile-wide to a mile-wide path through the forest that missed Cades Cove by only three miles. ...Read the full article

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