* Five fatalities in Arkansas tonight
* Three of those five were from drowning
* Two persons were killed in the small town of Vilonia
* Tornado virtually destroyed Vilonia
* Sources say the town is gone
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Published on: April 26, 2011 at 12:37 AM
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