1.   Lots of trees were blown down onto houses when a tornado hit Cleveland County.

2.   Although the tornado hit hardest in working-class residential areas in Mitchell County, the entire community has rallied to help.

3.   And pray that no tornado hits that bank.

4.   As the storm began, Chris and Cindy Anglin tried to roust their four children into a single bathroom, but the family was separated when the tornado hit.

5.   A tornado never hit anywhere close while I was in a cellar.

6.   After the tornado hit the town, Cox had been struck by how many of the victims who had experienced loss were either patients or family members of patients.

7.   But she said she has barely slept since the tornado hit.

8.   But then tornadoes hit two hours from their home.

9.   But the tornado hit after most workers and students from a nearby church-school had left for the day.

10.   But the most damaging tornadoes have hit the central part of the state.