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Powerful storms ripped through the US Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, including six in Illinois who were crushed when a tornado lifted a house and dropped it on them, authorities said.
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, six people died when winds dropped another house on top of homes.
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