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Harvey and her brother were uprooted from their family home in Detroit and moved to suburban Southfield to live with their grandmother.

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There have already been reports of damage from several provinces, including roofs torn off homes, shattered glass panels at hotels, and trees uprooted or snapped along city streets and rural roads by powerful gusts.

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He hit seven fours before his off stump was uprooted by Brad Evans.

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Scenes like this played out across the province, with rescuers delayed due to uprooted trees and major infrastructure being destroyed.

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Mohamad has joined half a million other people—largely Black Sudanese—uprooted from El Fasher and struggling to survive in a settlement where food and drinking water are scarce.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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