Tornadoes, Thunderstorms Tear Across Southern States

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lines of thunderstorms hammered the South on Wednesday, turning a skating rink into a hulk of twisted metal soon after 31 preschoolers and four adults fled to the only part of the building that turned out to be safe.

One child suffered a broken bone and another a cut to the head, but everyone else emerged unharmed from the crumpled wreck of the Fun Zone Skate Center, which doubled as a day-care facility.

"I'm amazed that anyone got out of there," said Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229621,00.html?sPage=fnc.specialsections/naturaldisaster