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A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. on a day when floods deluged communities in Kentucky and scorching heat smothered Phoenix and Miami.
Meanwhile, Phoenix broke an all-time record Wednesday morning for a warm low temperature at 97 degrees Fahrenheit.
The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit in a summer of suffering that's echoing around much of
A large Pfizer plant in Nash County, North Carolina, was heavily damaged by a Wednesday tornado. No serious injuries were reported.The tornado, which tore through the Rocky Mount metropolitan area, also damaged several nearby homes. Pfizer is one of the region's top employers.Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone noted "reports of 50,000 pallets of medicine that
RALEIGH, N.C. — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. on a day when floods de...