WEARY residents and business owners in Suffolk, Virginia returned to what was left of their homes and livelihoods yesterday after three tornadoes smashed houses, piled cars on each other and injured more than 200 people.

REPRESENTING his country’s anguish, US President George W Bush last night said that he prays for comfort for those victimised by the “dark turn” of the day at Virginia Tech that turned into the nation’s deadliest shooting spree.