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Remembering the 1988 Raleigh tornado: Four killed, 157 injured
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (328+ words) Friday marks 37 years since an overnight tornado killed four people and injured 157 others as it tore through Raleigh. People who lived in Raleigh in November 1988 remember the tornado. The F-4 tornado spun through Wake, Franklin, Nash, Halifax, Northampton and Hertford counties. The Kmart was flattened. Asbury United Methodist Church was destroyed. Not many people expected a tornado or even severe weather in the waning days of November " when we're still sleepy from Thanksgiving and our minds are turned to the upcoming holiday season. Some Raleigh residents remember crouching in their bathtubs while the walls shook around them. "I lived behind that Kmart! I still have a fear of tornadoes after that night," said Jennifer J. Another Raleigh resident, Lynda K., said, "I will never forget that night! My house at the intersection of Mine Shaft and Sawmill was completely destroyed with my family…...