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WEEK IN REVIEW
Friday
Armed man shot by deputies in Arlington
Police ID make of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
Boeing's 6-month tally: 1 net order
Thursday


One fire rips through $2 million home, another ...
Swine flu claims 2nd victim in Snohomish County
Jetty Island firefight continues; hot weather ...
Wednesday


Fire District 1 negotiates to take over service...
Snohomish County population rising fast since 2...
Honey's owners indicted by feds
Tuesday


Mobile home tenants along Snohomish River told ...
Lincoln to leave Everett in 2013
Put on your sailor's cap and explore Naval Stat...
Monday


Disabled people will be left without a ride
You'll soon have 4,500 reasons to trade in that...
Pay hike deserved, Monroe chief says
Sunday


1,670 local students in county are without homes
Monroe's business gets done in secret
$9 million to be sought for U.S. 2 in federal t...
Saturday


Use of local parks spikes
Gay-friendly shift at 2 churches
Racist graffiti scrawled on cars in Everett nei...
 

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Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tornado deaths may hit a record this year

Nearly 100 people have died in U.S. twisters so far this year, the worst toll in a decade, the National Weather Service said, after a weekend of deadly storms killed about two dozen people. The danger has not passed yet: Tornado season typically peaks in the spring and early summer, then again in the late fall.

The U.S. death toll from tornadoes this year is the highest since 130 people were killed in 1998, according to the weather service. The highest number of tornado-related deaths came in 1953, when 519 people died.

To date this year, 858 tornadoes have been reported in the U.S., although that number probably includes numerous duplicate sightings of the same twister.

All together, at least 26 people died in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama after the severe, tornado-spawning storms erupted Saturday over the Southern Plains and swept east. The toll was lowered by one after a woman who was reported dead after taking shelter in a broken-down car in Seneca, Mo., was instead found critically injured.

More than a third of the 23 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars; experts say vehicles are one of the worst places to be during a twister.

According to data from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, 49 of the 705 deaths -- or about 7 percent -- attributed to tornadoes from 1997 to 2007 were people who were in vehicles when the storm struck.

1. Snohomish County man dies of swine flu
2. Lynnwood bank reprimanded by government
3. Police ID make of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run
4. Armed man shot by deputies in Arlington
5. IRS joins puppy mill investigation
6. Jetty Island ready for sand castles
7. Boeing's 6-month tally: 1 net order
8. Warriors & Patriots: Many American Indians served before getting full citizenship rights
9. Movin' out
10. Marshals seize swindler's home
Enterprise Newspaper Snohomish County Business Journal
Warriors looking for balance
Three Scots vying for QB slot
Jackson looks for another title
Decorated veteran continues to serve as active volunteer
City Council reviewing sign regulations
Wildcats get a peek at newcomers
Lynnwood still in rebuilding mode
Shoreline feels a kindergarten growth spurt
Leave the patriotic pyrotechnics to professionals, cities urge
The Enterprise Online Newspaper

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