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Storm system ravages southern US

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Tornadoes and wildfires fuelled by strong winds have caused widespread destruction in the southern US, leaving at least eight people dead.

The storms killed two people in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Friday and three in the small Arkansas town of Mena on Thursday night.

Wildfires in Texas have killed at least three people, and fires in Oklahoma have destroyed more than 100 homes.

The BBC's Jon Donnison reports.

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