PHOTOS: Tornadoes rip through central and southern U.S.
April 27, 2014
Volunteers (L-R), Rachel Dawson, Courtney Dawson, Anna Dawson, Sarah Grace Knave and Wanda Knave take a break from cleaning up tornado debris, April 30, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487472949 )
Volunteers throw tornado debris in a burn pile, April 30, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487472955 )
This aerial photo shows a home damaged by a tornado near Fayetteville, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Gov. Bill Haslam visited the area near the Alabama line that suffered heavy damage and two fatalities during Monday's storms. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather Tennessee )
A business that sold tornado shelters was damaged by a tornado, April 30, 2014 in Mayflower, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487447699 )
This aerial photo shows tornado damage to South Lincoln Elementary School near Fayetteville, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Gov. Bill Haslam visited the area near the Alabama line that suffered heavy damage and two fatalities during Monday's storms. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) ( Severe Weather Tennessee )
Small flags fly at the destroyed Vilonia Shopping enter in Vilonia, Ark., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday. Along stretches of damaged houses, volunteers with chain saws cleared trees from across homes, driveways and streets. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
This aerial photo show homes damaged by a tornado near Fayetteville, Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam visited the area near the Alabama line that suffered heavy damage and two fatalities during Monday's storms. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) ( Severe Weather Tennessee )
Marla Jackson salvages what she can from the area that was the kitchen in her parents home after it was destroyed on Monday by a tornado on April 30, 2014 in Louisville, Mississippi. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487456799 )
A large tree is seen resting on a car after a tornado struck on Monday, on April 30, 2014 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region over the last days, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487426793 )
Rodney Stanford from Brewer Tree Service works on removing a tree that is resting on a home after a tornado struck on Monday, on April 30, 2014 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region over the last few days, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487427601 )
Cherie Bell helps her parents salvage items from their home that was damaged on Monday by a tornado on April 30, 2014 in Louisville, Mississippi. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487448291 )
Two men work on an old Chevy truck that was damaged by a tornado, April 30, 2014 in Mayflower, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487447697 )
Jerry Estes salvages food items from the kitchen of his home that was damaged on Monday by a tornado on April 30, 2014 in Louisville, Mississippi. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487448293 )
Ryan Smyth, Marla Jackson and Marion Ming (L-R) salvage what they can from the area that was the kitchen in a relative's home after it was destroyed on Monday by a tornado on April 30, 2014 in Louisville, Mississippi. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487456801 )
A man who wished not to be identified talks on a phone in a business that was destroyed by a tornado, April 30, 2014 in Mayflower, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region starting on April 27 leaving more than two dozen dead. The storm system has also brought severe flooding to Florida's Panhandle. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487449057 )
Davis Kelley (R) and his brother Joe Kelley look through what is left of Davis's home after it was destroyed on Monday by a tornado on April 30, 2014 in Louisville, Mississippi. Davis was trapped in the rubble of the home after deadly tornadoes ripped through the region over the last days, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 487456793 )
A volunteer throws debris from a destroyed house onto a fire in Vilonia, Ark., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday. Along stretches of damaged houses, volunteers with chain saws cleared trees from across homes, driveways and streets. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers clean up and burn tornado debris, April 30, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487472959 )
Debris burns in front of a destroyed house in Vilonia, Ark., after volunteers helped the owner remove belongings Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday. Along stretches of damaged houses, volunteers with chain saws cleared trees from across homes, driveways and streets. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
Gov. Bill Haslam surveys tornado damage to the home of Randy Cowley, right, near Fayetteville, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Cowley's RV was flipped upside down and into the pool behind his house. The rural area near the Alabama line suffered heavy damage and two fatalities in Monday's storms. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) ( Severe Weather Tennessee )
A man walks through rubble of the Vilonia Shopping Center in Vilonia, Ark., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday. Along stretches of damaged houses, volunteers with chain saws cleared trees from across homes, driveways and streets. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
A volunteers walks past a fire where debris is burning near a destroyed neighborhood in Vilonia, Ark., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday. Along stretches of damaged houses, volunteers with chain saws cleared trees from across homes, driveways and streets. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
The sun rises behind a business that was destroyed by a tornado last Sunday, on April 30, 2014 in Mayflower, Arkansas. Late last Sunday afternoon, a number of deadly tornadoes ripped through the region leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487426785 )
Mike Self helps to cut up trees Tuesday, April 29, 2014, that destroyed a home in Fayetteville, Tenn., when storms came through Monday. On Sunday evening, roughly 15 tornadoes carved a path of destruction in the South and the country's midsection, according to estimates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center. On Monday, around 50 tornadoes ravaged the South, the agency said. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Severe Weather )
Friends, seen through debris, comfort each other at the site of a a home destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
A Bible lies on the ground as people salvage items from Grace Falls Church Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Fayetteville, Tenn. The church was destroyed by storms Monday. A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Severe Weather )
A house is destroyed when a tornado passed in the Straight Mountain community of Blount County, Ala., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/ AL.com, Mark Almond) ( Severe Weather Alabama )
In this Monday, April 28, 2014, photo taken with a cell phone, Emily Tittle picks through rubble after a tornado stuck Sunday, in Paron, Ark. Tittle said she, her eight siblings and her parents went for safety under the stairs in the two-story house, but only half of them made it before the walls were obliterated by the twister that left just the foundation behind. Her father, Rob Tittle, and two sisters, Tori, 20, and Rebekah, 14, were killed in the storm. (AP Photo/Christina Huynh) ( Severe Weather Victims )
In this Monday, April 28, 2014, photo taken with a cell phone, Emily Tittle, right, Jon Zieske, center, and his daughter Leah, left, look through rubble after a tornado stuck Sunday, in Paron, Ark. Tittle said she, her eight siblings and her parents went for safety under the stairs in the two-story house, but only half of them made it before the walls were obliterated by the twister that left just the foundation behind. Her father, Rob Tittle, and two sisters, Tori, 20, and Rebekah, 14, were killed in the storm. (AP Photo/Christina Huynh) ( Severe Weather Victims )
Friends and neighbors work to cut down large trees that fell near homes during a tornado in the heavily damaged Joyner neighborhood on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Tupelo. Miss. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz). ( Severe Weather )
Jodi Walker and Tabitha Russell carry a trunk from a destroyed home on Clayton Avenue in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning) ( Severe Weather )
Thereesa Long directs friends helping her sift through her belongings in Mayflower, Ark., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
Mike Pettigrew moves chairs in the badly damaged building that once was the American Legion in Tupelo, Miss Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Zachary Odom) ( Severe Weather )
Flags fly over two walls that remain of a house in Mayflower, Ark., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. On Sunday evening, roughly 15 tornadoes carved a path of destruction in the South and the country's midsection, according to estimates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center. On Monday, around 50 tornadoes ravaged the South, the agency said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
Friends and volunteers help remove Dan Wassom's 1934 Ford from the debris left by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Sandy Robinson works to salvage drinks from a damaged Shell gas station on North Gloster Street in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers gather on the slab of a home destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
The Barnes family with the help of friends salvage what is left of their home that was damaged from severe weather on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/Hunt Mercier) ( Severe Weather )
Workers view damage at South Lincoln Elementary School on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after storms came through Monday in Fayetteville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Severe Weather )
Bobbi Leggon and Sudie Carter work to salvage items from a friend's home on Clayton Avenue in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning) ( Severe Weather )
Callie Moore looks through the debris of her home that was destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Dennis Nix stands outside his father's destroyed house in the Straight Mountain community of Blount County, Ala., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Nix and his father were inside when a possible tornado struck but they were not injured. (AP Photo/ AL.com, Mark Almond) ( Severe Weather Alabama )
In this photo made with a fisheye lens, uprooted trees and debris fill the yard in front of a destroyed home on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after storms came through Monday in Fayetteville, Tenn. On Sunday evening, roughly 15 tornadoes carved a path of destruction in the South and the country's midsection, according to estimates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center. On Monday, around 50 tornadoes ravaged the South, the agency said. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Severe Weather )
Zach Barrington brushes away debris at Saint Luke United Methodist church on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/Hunt Mercier) ( Severe Weather )
Rebecca Jackson describes going through a recent tornado as she is interviewed in Mayflower, Ark., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers continue to salvage items for residents who lost their homes to Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers continue to salvage items for residents who lost their homes to Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Bricks and some piping are all that remain of a house that was blown off its foundation by Monday's tornado in Louisville, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Numerous businesses, residences and the community hospital were destroyed or heavily damaged after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. Louisville is the county seat and home to about 6,600 people. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers help clean debris at the site of a home that was detroyed after a tornado hit the area April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region April 27, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487308101 )
Volunteers help clean debris at the site of a home that was detroyed after a tornado hit the area April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487308105 )
Arkansas National Guard Staff Sgt. Skipper Smith hangs an American flag on a pole at the site of a home that was destroyed when a tornado hit the area April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487308107 )
Volunteers help clean debris at the site of a home that was detroyed when a tornado hit the area, April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region April 27, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487308237 )
A 1934 Ford rests at homesite of Dan Wassum, who was killed when a tornado destroyed his home April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region April 27, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487308269 )
Dan Wassman looks at the debris at the homesite of his son, also named Dan Wassum, who was killed when a tornado destroyed his home April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Deadly tornadoes ripped through the region April 27, leaving more than a dozen dead. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487308283 )
A set of front door steps are all that remain of a house that was blown off its foundation by Monday's tornado in Louisville, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather )
Friends and relatives search through the remains of a child care center in Louisville, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The facility and the auto repair shop next door were demolished by a tornado Monday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather )
Carnesha Bennett, right, cries on the shoulder of a friend after touring the remains of her mother's child care center in Louisville, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The facility was leveled among with a automotive repair shop next door. Numerous businesses, residences and the community hospital were destroyed or heavily damaged after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. Louisville is the county seat and home to about 6,600 people. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather )
Workers cut a tree behind an open storm shelter in Louisville, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Numerous businesses, residences and the community hospital were destroyed or heavily damaged after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. Louisville is the county seat and home to about 6,600 people. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers continue to salvage items for residents who lost their homes to Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Coxey Church of Christ is heavily damaged after a tornado passed through on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Athens, Ala. A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Severe Weather Alabama )
Kevin Toon, left, and Barb Smiley, right, begin cleaning up after a tornado passed through destroying the Billy Barbs mobile home park where they lived on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Athens, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Severe Weather Alabama )
Wade Mills searches through the remains of his automotive repair business in Louisville, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The six-year-old business was leveled among with a daycare center next door. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather )
Volunteers continue to salvage items for residents who lost their homes to Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Residents sift through the debris after a tornado passed through destroying Billy Barbs mobile home park on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Athens, Ala. A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning.(AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Severe Weather Alabama )
Teresa Ingram finds a picture of her daughter as she looks for belongings in the debris after a tornado passed through destroying Billy Barbs mobile home park on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Athens, Ala. A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, forced frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( Severe Weather Alabama )
A view of a rain-wrapped tornado looking south from Hazel Green High School is seen as multiple tornadoes raked across Hazel Green and northern Madison County late afternoon Monday, April 28, 2014, in Hazel Green, Ala. (AP Photo/AL.com, Eric Schultz) ( Severe Weather )
A man and woman examine the twisted wreckage of Glass Masters on U.S. 49 Frontage Road in Richland, Miss., shortly after it was destroyed by a tornado late Monday afternoon, April 28, 2014. With parts of the U.S. recovering from deadly tornadoes, more heavy storms are making their way across the South. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather South )
John Folked uses an electric saw to cut downed power lines where his Realty business once stood before a tornado destroyed it two days earlier, on April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487292437 )
A passerby stops to look at damage caused by a tornado on Sunday evening, on April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. After deadly tornadoes ripped through the region leaving more than a dozen dead, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee are all under watch as multiple storms are expected over the next few days. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487292435 )
The remains of a large truck destroyed by a tornado on Sunday evening rests amid the debris, on April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487292439 )
Volunteer Gina Lowe (C) helps a family move belongings from a home that was destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487293189 )
Michelle McGee removes belonings from her home that was destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487293215 )
A police officer walks past an overturned car at a homesite that was destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, April 29, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487293217 )
In this handout provided by the Arkansas National Guard, an American Flag flies at half-staff on a wind bent pole in front of the community center following a deadly tornado April 28, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. Arkansas National Guard members continue to respond to emergency declared disaster areas within the state of Arkansas. At least 11 people were killed Monday after a tornadoes touched down in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, bringing the overall death toll from two days of severe weather to at least 28. (Photo by Arkansas National Guard via Getty Images) ( 487303633 )
In this handout provided by the Arkansas National Guard, Arkansas National Guardsmen from the Conway based Special Troops Battalion, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assist a family salvage heirlooms amongst the debris following a deadly tornado April 28, 2014 in Mayflower, Arkansas. Arkansas National Guard members continue to respond to emergency declared disaster areas within the state of Arkansas. At least 11 people were killed Monday after a tornadoes touched down in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, bringing the overall death toll from two days of severe weather to at least 28. (Photo by Arkansas National Guard via Getty Images) ( 487303631 )
In this handout provided by the Arkansas National Guard, an American flag stands amongst the rubble of a community following a deadly tornado April 28, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Arkansas National Guard via Getty Images) ( 487303635 )
In this handout provided by the Arkansas National Guard, people walk amongst the rubble following a deadly tornado April 28, 2014 in Vilonia, Arkansas. (Photo by Arkansas National Guard via Getty Images) ( 487303639 )
A volunteer searches the remains of several mobile homes in Louisville, Miss., early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014 after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather South )
Mark Wade, left, and family friend Alicia Henson, right, search for personal items after his home was destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Brent Martin walks along Kincannon Street in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Martin was surveying damage done by a tornado to other homes in his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning) ( Severe Weather )
Austin Hargrove, left, and Ryan Williams, right, survey damage to a friends home that was destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
A searcher walks past the remains of a SUV in Louisville, Miss., early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014 after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather South )
Emergency personnel search the remains of several mobile homes in Louisville, Miss., early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014 after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather South )
Austin Hargrove, left, and Haley Hracke, right, help recover personal items from a friends home that was destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Haley Hracke, front, and Melissa Nichols, search for belongings at a friend's home that was destroyed by Sunday's tornado, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Weather )
Teresa Ingram looks for belongings in the debris after a tornado passed through destroying Billy Barbs mobile home park on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Athens, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather Alabama )
Jodi Walls pushes a box of belongings out of a friends house while cleaning up after a large tornado made its way along Clayton Ave in Tupelo, Miss., Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Brad Vest) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather )
Constance Lambert embraces her dog after finding it alive when returning to her destroyed home in Tupelo, Miss., Monday, April 28, 2014. Lambert was at an event away from her home when the tornado struck and rushed back to check on her pets. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Brad Vest) ( APTOPIX Severe Weather )
Torn tree tops and damaged trucks are evidence of the tornado that hit Four Corners, Miss., Monday, April 28, 2014. Tornados flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and injured numerous people in Mississippi and Alabama on Monday as a massive, dangerous storm system passed over several states in the South, threatening additional twisters as well as severe thunderstorms, damaging hail and flash floods. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather Mississippi )
Destiny Simmons sits in the rubble of her home that was destroyed by a tornado as she talks on a cell phone, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Severe Storms )
Tornado damaged automobiles clutter the parking lot of the Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Miss., Monday, April 28, 2014. The facility, its parking lot and a neighboring nursing home were among the properties heavily damaged by a tornado. Tornados flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and injured numerous people in Mississippi and Alabama on Monday as a massive, dangerous storm system passed over several states in the South, threatening additional twisters as well as severe thunderstorms, damaging hail and flash floods. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather Mississippi )
Residents of Four Corners look at the damage left by a tornado that hit their small community about 20 miles from Louisville, Monday, April 28, 2014. Tornados flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and injured numerous people in Mississippi and Alabama on Monday as a massive, dangerous storm system passed over several states in the South, threatening additional twisters as well as severe thunderstorms, damaging hail and flash floods. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) ( Severe Weather Mississippi )
An American flag stands limp in front of a gas station-convenience store that had its roof mangled by a tornado on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Tupelo, Miss. With parts of the U.S. recovering from deadly tornadoes, more heavy storms are making their way across the South. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz). ( Severe Weather-South )
Downed utility poles lie across a road in the Clements community west of Athens, Ala., after a tornado on Monday, April 28, 2014. Local officials reported six deaths in Alabama from the tornado. State emergency officials could not immediately confirm those deaths. Thousands of customers were without power in Alabama and Kentucky, where severe storms caused widespread damages. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Brennen Smith) ( Severe Weather South )
A damaged residence stands in the Clements community west of Athens, Ala., after a tornado on Monday, April 28, 2014. Local officials reported six deaths in Alabama from the tornado. State emergency officials could not immediately confirm those deaths. Thousands of customers were without power in Alabama and Kentucky, where severe storms caused widespread damages. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Brennen Smith) ( Severe Weather South )
A man walks past a building that was destroyed by a tornado yesterday when it tore through the area for the second time in three years, on April 28, 2014 in Mayflower, Arkansas. After deadly tornadoes ripped through the region leaving more than a dozen dead, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee are all under watch as multiple storms over the next few days are expected. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 487239731 )
A man and woman examine the twisted wreckage of Glass Masters on U.S. 49 Frontage Road in Richland, Miss., shortly after it was destroyed by a tornado late Monday afternoon, April 28, 2014. With parts of the U.S. recovering from deadly tornadoes, more heavy storms are making their way across the South. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, ) ( Severe Weather )
Police and fire officials search for survivors in what's left of a home on Cemetery Street in Vilonia, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014 after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. (AP Photo/Karen E. Segrave) ( Severe Weather )
Piles of debris sits along side of Interstate 40 westbound as traffic flows slowly Monday, April 28, 2014 in Mayflower, Ark., after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. Mayflower was hit hard Sunday after a tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left more than a dozen dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Karen E. Segrave) ( Severe Weather )
Piles of cars and remnants of home are scattered along Cemetery Street in Vilonia, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. (AP Photo/Karen E. Segrave) ( Severe Weather )
Categories: News, Severe Weather, Syndicated, U.S. National
Tags: photo