Forecasters estimate 75 storms hit Great Plains
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Forecasters say about 75 tornadoes touched down in four Great Plains states during an outbreak of severe storms that swept the Midwest.
Greg Carbin is a meteorologist at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. He said Monday that most of the tornadoes were in Kansas, followed by Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska. The tornadoes hit during a 24-hour period from 7 a.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday after forecasters warned of a "high risk" of severe weather.
At least six deaths were blamed on a storm that went through the northwest Oklahoma town of Woodward and destroyed more than 100 homes and businesses.
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Many tornadoes hit in unpopulated rural areas in Kansas and Oklahoma, and Carbin says researchers are still collecting data.
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