Nightly News   |  November 17, 2011

Infant among those killed in Southeast storms

Thousands were still without power Thursday across the Southeast after severe storms killed at least six people, including a 3-year-old and her grandmother. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Well, it was on the move when we were on the air here last night, and a violent weather system that swept across the South yesterday has left six people dead, including a three-year-old girl. Tornadoes were reported in four

states: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina . And severe thunderstorms hit several more. Dozens of people were injured, property damage is severe from this. By the way, these tornado-related deaths bring the year's total to 553. That makes this the deadliest year in this country since