1 Killed by Tornado in Reservation Town
From Times Wire Reports
A tornado ripped through a small town on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, smashing homes and killing at least one person. About 20 homes, a church and a church hall were destroyed, and 50 houses were damaged, said Gene Abdallah, superintendent of the state Highway Patrol. Eight people were taken to a Rapid City hospital, and about 20 were treated in Pine Ridge. The twister struck Oglala as violent thunderstorms rolled across the region of mostly open prairie in southwestern South Dakota.
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