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Towns struggle without electricity after tornadoes

Cellular signals, Internet widely unavailable

By Tom LoBianco

 |  Associated Press  

  March 05, 2012

Under a patched-up six-foot hole in the roof, people in the devastated town of Henryville gathered Sunday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church to worship and catch up on news of their devastating tornado by word of mouth, not with cellphones or e-mail. At least 37 people were killed in the storm system that struck Friday night and rescuers were still going door-to-door in rural areas to rule out more victims. Some of the worst damage stretched on either side of the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky.

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