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RAYNE, La. — A tornado slammed a southwestern Louisiana town Saturday, killing a young mother who was sheltering her child and injuring 11 other people. More than 100 homes and businesses were damaged, many of them destroyed, authorities said, and about 1,500 people were evacuated because of natural- gas leaks.
Maxine Trahan, a spokeswoman for the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office, said Jalisa Granger, 21, was killed when a tree fell on her house. “She sheltered the child to protect her from the storm, and a tree fell on the house and it killed the mother, but the child was OK,” Trahan said.
