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Lightning Strikes Military Base, Sends 77 Airmen to Hospital

The wild weather in the South continues to wreak havoc. The Associated Press is reporting that a lightening strike at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi injured 77 of the Air Force Reserve cadets in training there today.

According to the A.P., two of the cadets had to be rushed to the hospital by ambulance, while the remaining 75 cadets were transported there by bus:

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