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April 4, 2012

Tornadoes Destroy Homes in Texas; Japan Braves Major Storm 
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A string of tornadoes ripped through parts of northern Texas Tuesday,
damaging hundreds of homes, throwing trucks into the air and leaving
thousands without electricity. No major injuries or deaths were
reported. Weather warnings are in place across the country today as
another wave of storms is expected. Meanwhile, a major storm has rocked
Tokyo, Japan with some of the strongest winds to hit the city in in 50
years. The storm dumped massive amounts of water across parts of Japan.
Four people were reported dead, hundreds were injured and thousands lost
power. At two nuclear power plants in northern Japan, employees were
forced to temporarily stop the cooling of spent fuel storage pools after
a power failure.



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