Deadly tornadoes shock Massachusetts; 200 people injured

Thursday, June 2, 2011 | 5:53 p.m. CDT; updated 9:10 p.m. CDT, Thursday, June 2, 2011

MONSON, Mass. — The sight of flattened homes, peeled-off roofs and the toppled steeple of a 140-year-old church stunned New Englanders after deadly tornadoes swept through Massachusetts, striking an area of the country that rarely sees such severe twisters.

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