The Nation : 23 Tornadoes Pummel Areas of South

Twenty-three tornadoes slashed across parts of the South over the weekend, destroying homes and ripping down trees, and at least two people were killed in Mississippi. Torrential rain also fell across the South and from Arkansas into Kentucky, washing out one small dam and sending streams over their banks. Three Mississippi traffic deaths were blamed on the wet weather, and tornadoes injured eight people in Alabama and 11 in Mississippi. West of the rain, 5 inches of snow fell at Joplin, Mo., 3 to 8 inches of snow was reported in Montgomery County, Kan., and 4 to 6 inches of snow fell over parts of the Ozarks, the National Weather Service said. A tornado touched down in the Chickasaw State Forest, in Hardeman County, Tenn., destroying 500 acres.