At least 200 people were injured. Some 40 people were hospitalized in Springfield and around 250 others displaced by the storm stayed at shelters, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said. The state normally averages about two tornadoes per year, with the last lethal twister in 1995. Search and rescue efforts continued and some 40,000 utility customers in Massachusetts were still without power on Thursday after tornadoes ripped through communities.One piece of good news Thursday was that the death toll, initially reported at four, was lowered to three.Two people were killed in West Springfield and another in Brimfield, authorities said. A Springfield death previously blamed on storms may have been an unrelated heart attack, Gov. Deval Patrick said.
Source Site: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43248653/ns/weather/
Tornadoes are definitely not anything to joke around. They can take life's like its not a big deal. I cant even imagine how it would be to be in a tornado. Especially having someone close to you die like a couple of families had to go through. I hope i never have to go through tornadoes tearing my valuables to shreds or even a fire for that matter. They are dangerous, and you cant take chances when they come. Almost always it end up bad.
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