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At least 39 killed as US storms trigger wildfires and tornadoes

Friends and neighbours salvage items from a storm-damaged home in Alabama. Photo: Reuters

Friends and neighbours salvage items from a storm-damaged home in Alabama. Photo: Reuters

Safiyah Riddle and John Seewer

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Crammed into their two-door Toyota Celica with three huskies, Hailey Hart and her fiance Steve Romero hugged and prayed as a tornado rolled the car upside down before tossing it on its wheels again.

They heard screams for help minutes after the twister ripped apart their home in Tylertown, Mississippi. “It was a bad dream come true,” Mr Romero said.

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