50 million Americans under severe weather threats amid multiday tornado outbreak
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More than 50 million Americans, from Texas to Missouri to the Carolinas, are under severe weather and tornado threats Wednesday night. One person has died and four others were injured after storms moved through Maury County, Tennessee, Maury Regional Health told ABC News. Wednesday marks the fourth multiday tornado outbreak in four weeks.

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