{"id":381351,"date":"2011-04-18T15:08:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/18\/search-continues-after-us-storms\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T15:08:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:08:06","slug":"search-continues-after-us-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/search-continues-after-us-storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Search continues after US storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"118.615176152\"><span><span>18 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>11:08 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"33\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6f6e52208220_jex_1020565_de27-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aftermath of a tornado\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue said she had been brought to tears by the devastation in her state<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Search and rescue efforts are continuing in the US state of North Carolina after three days of storms and tornadoes killed at least 45 people across half a dozen states.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 tornadoes ripped through North Carolina, killing 21, the highest toll for any of the states affected.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Beverly Perdue said on the NBC network&#8217;s Today show that she had never seen anything like the devastation.<\/p>\n<p>She said homes in the state had been handled like paper dolls&#8217; houses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good news is that the tornadoes have left and things are brighter today in North Carolina,&#8221; Ms Perdue said, adding that federal officials were beginning their damage assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths from the tornadoes were also reported in the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The tornadoes first struck Oklahoma on Thursday before sweeping eastward, and some parts saw their worst tornadoes in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The storms moved out over the Atlantic on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><span>Devastating destruction<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 240 tornadoes were reported over the three days, including 62 in North Carolina, but the US National Weather Service&#8217;s final numbers could be lower because some tornadoes may have been reported more than once.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina state emergency management agency said it had reports of 23 deaths from Saturday&#8217;s storms, but local officials have only confirmed 21.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in the city of Raleigh early on Monday were blocking access to a mobile home park of roughly 200 homes, where three children had been killed during the storms.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Perdue said she planned to tour hard-hit areas in three counties in the state on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the devastation she had seen on Sunday had left her in tears.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said she had contacted President Barack Obama, who pledged his support, and that federal emergency workers had already been deployed to the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have in North Carolina a tremendous relationship with our federal partners, and have been through this so many times,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not a good thing. That&#8217;s a bad thing,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"23.7196969697\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-13119669#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u201c<span>Start Quote<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p>It looked just like The Wizard of Oz\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>End Quote<\/span> <span>Audrey McKoy<\/span> <span>Bladen County resident<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ms Perdue said on Sunday the number of tornadoes had been the highest since 1984, when tornadoes killed 42 people.<\/p>\n<p>Hailstones the size of grapefruit were reported as the storms swept through the region, causing flash floods as well as tornadoes.<\/p>\n<p>Trees and downed power lines still covered nearby roads on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Most of North Carolina&#8217;s 21 confirmed deaths occurred in two rural counties &#8211; 11 in Bertie and four in Bladen, about 70 miles (112 km) south of Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>In the Bladen County community of Ammon, Audrey McKoy and her husband, Milton, witnessed a tornado lifting pigs and other animals into the sky, as the storm struck their mobile home community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It looked just like The Wizard of Oz,&#8221; Mrs McKoy said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McKoy found three bodies in their neighbourhood after the storm, which spun their mobile home, had passed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Send your pictures and videos to <strong>yourpics@bbc.co.uk<\/strong> or text them to <strong>61124<\/strong> (UK) or <strong>+44 7725 100 100<\/strong> (International). 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