Cordova, at a crossroads after tornado devastation, rethinks its options (slideshow, video) | al.com

Cordova, at a crossroads after tornado devastation, rethinks its options (slideshow, video) | al.com: Struck by two powerful tornadoes on April 27, 2011, Cordova lost most of its business base, and the buildings left on its one-block core are in various states of collapse, with broken windows, missing roofs and piles of bricks spilling into the street.
August will be a month of intense debate over the town's fate, over how to revive it and whether to support strip-mining coal on town property along the banks of the Mulberry Fork.
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