Tornadoes leave trail of destruction

Leigh Ann Frederick gestures and asks how she will retrieve her medications and personal items as the reality of her destroyed home sinks in. The home was overturned by damaging winds at Lauderdale County Road 112 near Central Heights. (Jim Hannon/TimesDaily)

May, 08, 2008 Last Updated:11:29 pm

Renee Newbury looked outside around noon Thursday to the horrifying sight of a tornado taking aim at her western Lauderdale County home.
She talked later about fearing that she and her son, David, were going to be killed.
"It was scary," Newbury said. "I saw it coming across the field. It was just spinning in a...

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