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Frustrating recovery could be hurricane harbinger for South

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By JAY REEVES
Associated Press

EUTAW, Ala. (AP) — The continuing recovery from a small tornado that hit a poor Southern community shows how hard it may be to get over a big storm as the heart of hurricane season approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast. A weak twister hit a rural housing project southwest of Birmingham, Alabama, in April, and the cleanup and rebuilding still isn’t done. Residents are frustrated, and officials say everything from geographic isolation to poverty and supply and worker shortages is slowing progress. A state official says any disaster recovery takes a while, and additional difficulties slow the process.

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