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Tornadoes rip across Midwest, South
Tornadoes rip across Midwest, South
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April 29, 2014, 9:13 AM
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With parts of the U.S. recovering from deadly tornadoes, more heavy storms are making their way across the South.
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Severe Weather
A wood products plant and its surrounding properties show the heavy damage from Monday's tornado in south 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)
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
Ryan Williams, Austin Hargrove
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. 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/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
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. 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/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
APTOPIX 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. 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/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
Tim Harmon, sales manager at Mayflower RV, surveys tornado damage at his employer's dealership in Mayflower, Ark., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. A tornado struck the town late Sunday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
AP Photo/Danny Johnston
A responder shines his flashlight into the remains of several mobile homes as he searches for survivors in Louisville, Miss., early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014 after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles into 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi on Monday, part of a storm system that killed at least nine people in the South and brought the overall death toll from two days of severe weather in the country to at least 26. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
APTOPIX Severe Weather
Jeff Rogers talks on the phone while surveying damage around his home on Joyner Street in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The 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/Thomas Graning)
AP Photo/Thomas Graning
An American flag is mounted on mobile home debris as a searcher looks through the remains of several mobile homes in Louisville, Miss., early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014 after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles into 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi on Monday, part of a storm system that killed at least nine people in the South and brought the overall death toll from two days of severe weather in the country to at least 26.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
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)
AP Photo/Thomas Graning
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)
AP Photo/Butch Dill
Severe Weather Alabama
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. 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)
AP Photo/Butch Dill
Severe Weather South
Emergency personnel search the remains of several mobile homes in Louisville, Miss., for survivors early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2014 after a tornado hit the east Mississippi community Monday. Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and bent telephone poles into 45-degree angles as they barreled through Alabama and Mississippi on Monday, part of a storm system that killed at least nine people in the South and brought the overall death toll from two days of severe weather in the country to at least 26. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
Severe Weather
A damaged home is seen on Kincannon Street in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. 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/Thomas Graning)
AP Photo/Thomas Graning
Connie Krehel
Connie Krehel looks through debris after her home was hit by a tornado, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
Justin Shaw, Nick Conway
Justin Shaw, left, helps Nick Conway erect a flag pole at his home that was destroyed by a tornado, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
APTOPIX Severe Storms Arkansas
Residents and friends sift through debris after a tornado struck the area, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
Severe Storms
Friends and family sift through debris at the home of Daniel Wassom after his house was destroyed by a tornado, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. Wassom died in the tornado trying to shield a family member. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
Severe Weather Alabama
Jimmy Sullinger, sits and watches lightning as a storm approaches the gas station where he works on Monday, April 28, 2014, in Berry, Ala. 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/Butch Dill)
AP Photo/Butch Dill
Greg Lunsford
Greg Lunsford photographs a home destroyed by a tornado in his neighborhood, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Vilonia, Ark. Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has asked for a Major Disaster Declaration for Faulkner County, which was hit hardest by a deadly tornado that rolled through the state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay
Severe Weather
Raella Faulkner, at left, and Bobby McElroy survey what's left of their home Monday, April 28, 2014 after a tornado struck the town of Vilonia, Ark. late Sunday. The couple rode out the storm safely in a nearby storm shelter. Vilonia 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)
AP Photo/Karen E. Segrave
Severe Weather
A travel trailer sits inn the rubble of a house in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A storm system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 16 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
AP Photo/Danny Johnston
Destiny Dimmons
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)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
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