Church vows to rebuild. (World Briefs).New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (ENI)--The mid-section of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. encountered tornados which killed dozens of people, damaged property and, in at least two cases, destroyed churches. At least 46 people were killed in incidents related to weather during the week that began on May 4 and more than 300 tornadoes were reported in the first 11 days of May, the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. reported. In western Tennessee, a storm on May 4 that killed at least 15 people also destroyed one of the state's oldest churches] the Episcopal church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization reported. St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jackson, Tenn., will be rebuilt, vowed church members following a tornado clocked at more than 205 miles per hour (330 km/h). "Other churches have gone through similar disasters and rebuilt. I know we'll do the same," said the Rev. Chuck Filiatreau, quoted in the Tennessean newspaper and the Episcopal News Service. |
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