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See the damage caused by deadly tornadoes

An outbreak of powerful tornadoes left behind destruction and numerous fatalities Friday night and into early Saturday. The storms included a twister that tore through parts of four states, trapping dozens of people and toppling numerous structures.

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Here’s what it left behind:

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Dec. 13 | A family at their home, which was damaged by a tornado in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | Amish people ride in a horse-drawn carriage past a damaged church in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | A prayer sculpture rests on the ground of a church that was damaged in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | Toys sit along a railroad track behind a building that was damaged in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | Downed power lines rest on the ground at an intersection in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | Betty Washington searches for items in a storage facility damaged in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | Workers watch as a home is torn down in Mayfield.

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Joshua Lott/The Washington Post

Dec. 13 | Ethan, 11, hugs his mother, Kim Goforth, as they stand in front of the remains of her home in Bremen.

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Dec. 13 | Mary Hobbs looks around her niece's house in Bremen.

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Austin Anthony for The Washington Post

Dec. 13 | Angela Murphy attempts to free her cat, Tony, from the rubble of her home in Bremen.

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Austin Anthony for The Washington Post

Dec. 13 | Bobby Pierce searches through the rubble of his grandson's home in Bremen for his wedding band. Pierce's great-grandson, Chase Oglesby, died in the tornado.

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Austin Anthony for The Washington Post

Dec. 13 | A man operates an excavator to clear rubble in Bremen.

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Austin Anthony for The Washington Post

Dec. 13 | Attorney Bo Neeley, left, talks on his phone as his son Carson Neeley salvages what he can from their law office in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | Martha Thomas, wrapped in a tablecloth for warmth, reacts as volunteers, who are employees of the Mayfield Consumer Products factory, help her salvage possessions from her home in Mayfield.

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Gerald Herbert/AP

Dec. 13 | Residents salvage a guitar from a damaged home in Mayfield.

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Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Dec. 13 | Volunteers move donated supplies at Redemption City Church, which was converted into a shelter and supply waypoint by locals in Dawson Springs, Ky.

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Dec. 13 | The town's water tower was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | A home damaged by the tornado in Mayfield.

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Dec. 13 | The First Presbyterian Church was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield.

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Adrees Latif/Reuters

Dec. 13 | A man walks past destroyed residences and businesses in Mayfield.

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Adrees Latif/Reuters

Dec. 12 | Jessica Hart and her son Gage remove items from a damaged home in Mayfield.

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Dec. 12 | People remove items from a home in Mayfield.

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Joshua Lott/The Washington Post

Dec. 12 | Donna Ingernan stands outside her damaged senior living complex in Mayfield.

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Joshua Lott/The Washington Post

Dec. 12 | An aerial view of homes destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield.

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Joshua Lott/The Washington Post

Dec. 12 | An aerial view of the Mayfield Consumers Products candle factory in Mayfield.

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Joshua Lott/The Washington Post

Dec. 12 | Bryan Williams stands in the rubble of his uncle’s house in Dawson Springs, Ky.

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Austin Anthony/For The Washington Post

Dec. 12 | A woman holds her daughter on Sunday amid the remnants of buildings left behind from tornadoes in Dawson Springs.

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Dec. 12 | Wayne Hall helps move items out a house in Dawson Springs.

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Austin Anthony/For The Washington Post

Dec. 12 | Debris is scattered in front of what remains of the historic courthouse in Mayfield.

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Dec. 12 | A damaged house in Mayfield.

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Dec. 12 | Christopher and Makayla Skinner assess the damage to their business in Mayfield.

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Sam Mallon/For The Washington Post

Dec. 11 | Thomas Shelby makes a fire as he prepares to stay the night by the rubble of his home Dawson Springs.

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Dec. 11 | Rocky Howton goes through the rubble of his home in Dawson Springs.

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Austin Anthony/For The Washington Post

Dec. 11 | An aerial view of demolished buildings in downtown Mayfield.

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Ryan C. Hermens/AP

Dec. 11 | The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Ill.

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Drone Base/Reuters

Dec. 11 | A map outlining the path a supercell of tornadoes took on Friday night and early Saturday morning.

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Dec. 11 | A woman stands in her home in Bowling Green, Ky.

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An overturned truck on Broadway Avenue in Bowling Green.

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Dec. 11 | Volunteers help clean debris on Magnolia Street in Bowling Green

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Dec. 11 | Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory.

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Dec. 11 | A woman walks away from a row of ambulances on the property of Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory.

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Dec. 11 | Emergency workers outside the remnants of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory.

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Dec. 11 | Police Officer Jamison McFall stands in the street on Saturday amid destruction left behind from tornadoes that swept through Bowling Green.

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Dec. 11 | Timothy McDonald sweeps glass out of Rock Steady Boxing in Bowling Green.

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Dec. 11 | Reed Mattison, bottom right, helps a family clean debris from their home in Bowling Green.

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Dec. 11 | Demolished buildings in downtown Mayfield.

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Ryan C. Hermens/AP

Dec. 11 | Eddie Martin looks at debris from the site of a roof collapse at an Amazon distribution center in his driveway in Edwardsville.

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Lawrence Bryant/Reuters

Dec. 11 | A collapsed roof is seen at an Amazon distribution center in Illinois.

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Lawrence Bryant/Reuters

Dec. 11 | Damage in downtown Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | A woman searches for valuables amid the remnants of a home on in Defiance, Mo.

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Christian Gooden/AP

Dec. 11 | People survey damage from a tornado in Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | Linda Knapp, a certified nursing assistant who works at the Monette Manor nursing home, views the damage to the facility in Monette, Ark.

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Dec. 11 | An aerial view of badly destroyed homes in Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | People survey the damage tornadoes caused in Bowling Green.

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Dec. 11 | Residents of homes in the neighborhood off Creekwood Avenue in Bowling Green assess the damage to their properties.

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Grace Ramey/AP

Dec. 11 | A demolished house in Dickson, Tenn.

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Dec. 11 | Braden McCann surveys damage outside his home in Dickson.

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Dec. 11 | A person walks past a damage building in Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | People embrace outside a heavily damaged home in Defiance, Mo.

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Christian Gooden/AP

Dec. 11 | Destroyed buildings in Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | Downtown Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | People work at the scene of a train derailment in Earlington, Ky.

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Cheney Orr/Reuters

Dec. 11 | A mailbox sits in front of where a home once stood in Earlington.

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Cheney Orr/Reuters

Dec. 11 | A person is surrounded by damage to a business in Mayfield.

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Dec. 11 | Barbara Richards, a licensed practical nurse who was working at the Monette Manor nursing home during the tornado, examines the damage to the facility in Monette, Ark.

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Dec. 11 | Damaged homes in Mayfield.

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