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Tornado Warning System Saved Lives

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Praise from residents as storms pound Midwest.

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Five people—including three children—died in Woodward, Oklahoma, when a tornado struck the Midwest town. That was the only tornado that resulted in fatalities over the weekend, and officials are attributing the low rate to days of warnings. A spokesman for the National Weather Service said they received at least 120 tornado reports this weekend. The Service provided a 24-hour advance warning for many in the region. Storms struck Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Read it at The Associated Press