Tornadoes in Midwest...

At least 10 people died in Tennessee as severe thunderstoms and tornadoes swept thru the southern US. It was the second wave of violent weather to hit the state in less than a week. The Nashville suburbs were the hardest hit, with at least eight deaths happening northeast of the city. The number of tornadoes in the United States has jumped dramatically through the first part of 2006 compared with the past few years, according to the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. Through the end of March, an estimated 286 tornadoes had hit the United States, compared with an average of 70 for the same three-month period in each of the past three years. The number of tornado-related deaths was 38 before Friday's storms. The average number of deaths from 2003 to 2005 was 45 a year, the prediction center said. Tornadoes Sweep Through Tennessee, Kill 10