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Web Extra: Georgia Tornado Caught on Tape

By: Staff
Updated: January 30, 2013
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A violent tornado that ripped through Adairsville, Ga,. on Wednesday killed at least one person and overturned cars, littering Interstate 75 with debris, and forced officials to shut down a 10-mile stretch of the road on Wednesday, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Numerous buildings in nearby Bartow, Ga., some with people inside, were also damaged in the powerful storm, and police have received multiple calls of injuries and trauma, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Eight people went to the hospital with injuries following the storm, officials at Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, Ga., said. The storm also left more than 8,500 power outages statewide, utilities providers said. 

That twister was only one of a handful that touched down in the South and the Midwest Wednesday, as storms throughout the region caused widespread power outages, structural damages and were blamed for at least one death in the region.

The National Weather Service also confirmed another twister touched down in Sardis, Miss., heavily damaging homes in Solsberry, Ind.

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