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Show GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June 4 (AP) - A string of seven tornadoes devastated this central Nebraska city last night, killing four persons and injuring 134. Initial reports said five persons were killed, and one county official said this morning that she thought more than 30 bodies had been found . .. The city was battered by the tornadoes over a three-hour period. When they were over, a six-block-wide swath along Grand Island's two main streets was devastated. The Federal Emergency Management Administration said that 513 homes and 60 businesses had been destroyed. In addition, 450 homes and 15 businesses were damaged . .. Radar indicated that the tornadoes that hit Grand Island were touched off by a thunderstorm cell at least 35 miles wide that formed shortly before 8 P.M. "This is an incredibly wide cell," said one meteorologist. THE NEW YORK TIMES June 5, 1980 |