Rescue efforts continue after storms
Published:Monday | April 18, 2011 | 4:24 PM
Search and rescue efforts are continuing in the US state of North Carolina after three days of storms and tornadoes that killed at least 45 people across half a dozen states.
More than 60 tornadoes ripped through North Carolina, killing 21 people the highest toll for any of the states affected.
Deaths from the tornadoes were also reported in the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Virginia.
The storms moved out over the Atlantic yesterday after affecting Oklahoma on Thursday.
North Carolina’s Governor Beverly Perdue says she has already contacted President Barack Obama, who has pledged his support, and that federal emergency workers had already been deployed to the state.