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Alabama communities to receive long-term tornado disaster relief

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Governor Bentley visiting Hackleburg High School seniors after the April 27th tornadoes. Governor Bentley visiting Hackleburg High School seniors after the April 27th tornadoes.
HACKLEBURG, AL (WAFF) -

Governor Robert Bentley will be in Hackleburg Wednesday morning to announce millions of dollars in disaster relief funding.

The funding will be awarded to several communities in both northern and western Alabama as they continue their long-term recovery from the April 27, 2011 tornadoes.

Bentley is expected to make the announcement at 10:30 a.m. at the Hackleburg Fire Department.

The spring tornado outbreak killed more than 250 people statewide on April 27.

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