At least a dozen more people were injured early Wednesday, adding to a seemingly biblical onslaught of drought, flood and fire plaguing the South.
The storms tore through just as firefighters began to get control of wildfires that killed seven and damaged or wiped out more than 700 homes and businesses around the resort town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Dolly Parton has promised to donate $1,000 per month to families who lost their homes in a devastating wildfire that has burned some 15,000 acres.
The famed country singer and owner of a resort that barely escaped the wildfire's path said her Dollywood Company would set up a fund to benefit the victims in a statement released late last night.
Dolly Parton - My People Fund from Official Dolly Parton on Vimeo.
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