TWO bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, were shot dead after a St Patrick’s Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.

Rescuers in Tennessee have dubbed the discovery of an 11-month-old boy alive in the debris left by a tornado a miracle.

Residents today began rebuilding a day after tornadoes killed 12 people in Tennessee in the southern United States, the second wave of violent weather to hit the state in less than a week.

A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes have torn across America’s midsection, peeling away roofs, overturning cars and killing at least 10 people in Tennessee.