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    In this image made from video and released by WSB TV in Atlanta, a tornado moves through the town of Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013. A fire chief says a storm that roared across northwest Georgia has left overturned vehicles on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta, and crews are responding to reports of people trapped in storm-damaged residential and commercial buildings. (AP Photo/WSB TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
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    In this image made from video and released by WSB TV in Atlanta, a tornado moves through the town of Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013. A fire chief says a storm that roared across northwest Georgia has left overturned vehicles on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta, and crews are responding to reports of people trapped in storm-damaged residential and commercial buildings. (AP Photo/WSB TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
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    A gazebo lies on it's side in a parking lot of the Plantation Wedding Chapel in Rogersville, Ala. Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. after being blown from it's foundation by the severe thunderstorms that roared across the Tennessee Valley over night.(AP Photo/TimesDaily, Matt McKean)
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    Volunteers at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rogersville, Ala, vacuum water out of the carpets Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013, after the church steeple that was blown off the building by the storm thunderstorms that roared across the Tennessee Valley over night.(AP Photo/TimesDaily,Matt McKean)
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    James Godsey, an elder at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rogersville, Ala, looks over the damage done at the church Wednesday jan 30, 2013, after the steeple was blown off the building by the storm thunderstorms that roared across the Tennessee Valley over night. The church had water damage inside as well.(AP Photo/TimesDaily, Matt McKean)
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    James Godsey, an elder at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rogersville, Ala., talks about the damage to the roof as he walks around the church steeple that was blown off the building by the storm that roared across the Tennessee Valley over night. The church had water damage inside as well.(AP Photo/TimesDaily,Matt McKean)
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    Recent constuction work on buildings in Sheffield, Ala,. was destroyed by severe thunderstorm that removed the new roof early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. David McMackin removes material from the buildings that he recently sold.(AP Photo/TimesDaily,Jim Hannon)
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    Charles Winternheimer, 82, and his dog, Dudley, appraise the damage from several tall trees that fell on his house early Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013, during a winter wind and rain storm. Winternheimer lives in the Royal Pine area where many trees where downed during the storm. (Frank Espich/The Star) (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Frank Espich) NO SALES
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    Gaylon Parks looks over the storm damage done to the home of his sister-in-law along North McHenry Street on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. Parks and other family members weren't able to get to the home to check on their family until the morning after a severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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    Paul Newton - AP
    Workers remove portions of a tree that went through a trailer on West Walker Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. A severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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    Indiana Power and Light crewmen work at the gas station at the Castleton, Costco, in Indianapolis where power lines had been taken down from the early morning wind and rain storms that swept through the area, Wednesday, Jan. 30th, 2013. (Frank Espich/The Star) (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star ) NO SALES
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    Strong winds turn this unidentified man's umbrella inside out as he crosses the street in downtown Montgomery, Ala., during a squall Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Strong storms moved through Alabama leaving thousands of people without power Wednesday, causing scattered damage and forcing schools to delay opening as a precaution. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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    David Goldman - AP
    Debris lies on yard after a tornado moved through Adairsville, Ga. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fierce storm system that roared across northwest Georgia has left at least one person dead and a trail of damage that included demolished buildings in downtown Adairsville and vehicles overturned on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta. A tornado touched down in Adairsville, and authorities confirmed that at least one person was killed in the town about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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    In this image made from video and released by WSB TV in Atlanta, a tractor and trailer rest on the highway after a tornado moved through the town of Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013. A fire chief says a storm that roared across northwest Georgia has left overturned vehicles on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta, and crews are responding to reports of people trapped in storm-damaged residential and commercial buildings. (AP Photo/WSB TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
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    David Goldman - AP
    A vehicle lies on a road after a tornado moved through Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fierce storm system that roared across northwest Georgia has left at least one person dead and a trail of damage that included demolished buildings in downtown Adairsville and vehicles overturned on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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    Left to right, homeowner Sara Martindale, and neighbors, Scott Porter and Luke Porter pick up debris after an early morning storm picked up a shed and destroyed it, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in Solsberry, Ind. The storm damaged roofs, storage sheds and snapped power poles in an area. (AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, Jeremy Hogan)
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Ronnie Shanes searches through debris of his brother's home after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Barry Shanes, left, and Ronnie Shanes search through debris of a relatives home after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Residents search through debris after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Residents search through debris after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Several houses and businesses were destroyed after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Justin Chandler searches through debris of his brother-n-law's shop after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Jim Allman helps clean up a concrete block wall at Griner Engineering in Bloomington, Ind. that fell during a wind storm early Wednesday, Jan. 30. 2013. Dale Clampitt, of Environmental Risk Services, said the wind caused the metal siding to "flap like a kite" which created enough stress to knock over the concrete blocks. Clampitt said they planned they planned to install plastic as a temporary wall and production will continue at the company. (AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, David Snodgress)
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    Lanna Ewell tries her best to stay dry and warm as she and others work to clean up one of her relatives homes that had three walls and the roof torn off on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. A severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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    Clinton Omohondro walks alongside a home on East Walker Avenue that had three of its four outside walls torn down on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. A severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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    Paul Newton - AP
    Workers remove portions of a tree that went through a trailer on West Walker Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. A severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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    Paul Newton - AP
    A tree split through this trailer on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. A severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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    Kristin M. Hall - AP
    A man inspects damage to the third floor of a building in Mount Juliet, Tenn., that was severely damaged in a severe storm on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Forecasters examined the damage path of 4.6 miles Wednesday morning and estimated the peak wind speed at 115 mph, qualifying the tornado as an EF-2 twister. The path of damage was about 150 yards wide. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
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    Kristin M. Hall - AP
    The wall of a Dollar General store in Mount Juliet, Tenn., is collapsed and the roof was torn off during severe storms on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Forecasters examined the damage path of 4.6 miles Wednesday morning and estimated the peak wind speed at 115 mph, qualifying the tornado as an EF-2 twister. The path of damage was about 150 yards wide. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
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    Kristin M. Hall - AP
    Workers at Mark's Automotive in Mount Juliet, Tenn., pick up debris on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, after a severe storm damaged the garage. Forecasters examined the damage path of 4.6 miles Wednesday morning and estimated the peak wind speed at 115 mph, qualifying the tornado as an EF-2 twister. The path of damage was about 150 yards wide. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Residents search through debris after a suspected tornado ripped through early morning destroying several homes and businesses on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Coble, Tenn. A massive storm system is raking the Southeast (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Kristin M. Hall - AP
    A severe storm severely damaged a Tennessean newspaper distribution center in Mount Juliet, Tenn., on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Forecasters examined the damage path of 4.6 miles Wednesday morning and estimated the peak wind speed at 115 mph, qualifying the tornado as an EF-2 twister. The path of damage was about 150 yards wide. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
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    Darrell Lockridge consoles his wife Samantha in Bordeaux section of Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Her uncle, Vernon Hartsell was killed when a large tree fell on the shed where he was taking shelter. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, John Partipilo) NO SALES
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    Tom L. Ragsdale walks through rubble after a strong winds wrecked part of his home in Robertson County, Tenn., Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Strong storms packing high winds blew through Tennessee early Wednesday, causing power outages and widespread damage. (AP Photo/The Tennessean,John Partipilo) NO SALES
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Hickman County Sheriff, Cody Woods helps remove debris from a house after a storm ripped through early morning on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Coble, Tenn. A line of strong storms is pushing eastward across Tennessee, triggering tornado warnings and producing strong downpours of rain. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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    Sanford Myers - AP
    Williamson County School worker Jose Herandes positions a bucket to catch water dripping down from the ceiling in one of the damaged science classrooms at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn., after early morning storms hit the area hard Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Strong storms packing high winds blew through Tennessee early Wednesday, causing power outages and widespread damage. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Sanford Myers) NO SALES
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    Kristin M. Hall - AP
    Rick Martin stands in front of a Tennessean newspaper distribution center in Mount Juliet, Tenn., on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, that was destroyed in a severe storm. Forecasters examined the damage path of 4.6 miles Wednesday morning and estimated the peak wind speed at 115 mph, qualifying the tornado as an EF-2 twister. The path of damage was about 150 yards wide. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
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    Butch Dill - AP
    Justin Chandler searches through debris of his brother-n-law's shop after a tornado ripped through early Wednesdy morning Jan. 30, 2013, destroying several homes and businesses in Coble, TN. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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