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Feb. 14--CAMILLA, Ga.--The deadliest tornado system to hit Georgia in the past 47 years ravaged the southwest part of the state Monday, killing at least 22 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving behind a disaster zone that stretched across four counties.
The first of four twisters touched down in Camilla at 12:09 a.m., said Matt Shameson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Tallahassee. It caused 14 confirmed deaths.
An hour later, two more tornadoes ripped through Cairo and a swath of Colquitt County three miles north of Moultrie. The Cairo tornado killed seven people, but none died in Colquitt County -- until a fourth tornado touched down…
Source: HighBeam Research, Worst Tornadoes in Decades Slam Southwest Georgia.(Knight...