TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states has jumped to 178 after Alabama sharply raised its tally of lives lost.
Alabama’s state emergency management agency said early Thursday it had confirmed 128 deaths, up from at least 61 earlier.
Mississippi officials reported 32 dead in that state and Tennessee raised its report to six from one.
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