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At least 10 people died after violent storms dropped a tornado in the Southeast on Thursday, dealing tremendous damage, triggering states of emergency in Alabama and Georgia, killing a state employee responding to the storm and wrecking parts of Selma, Ala., a town famous for its role in the civil rights movement.
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Jan. 13
Rooms without walls are visible on the second floor of a home, the day after a tornado struck Dallas County near Selma, Ala.
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Mickey Welsh/USA Today/Reuters
Jan. 13
Family and friends of Justin and Amber Wallace help clean up the damage to their home in Deatsville, Ala.
Jan. 13
Debris is piled up from the damage of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Selma.
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Jan. 13
Debris from several destroyed buildings lies scattered in and near a roadway in Selma.
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Erik S. Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Jan. 13
The tornado damaged many houses in Selma.
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Jan. 13
Damage to a building, a traffic light and power lines is seen along a street in Selma.
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Jan. 13
Daryle Littleton, left, and Shawna Littleton recover items from the remains of their house in the Autauga County community of Pine Level in Prattville, Ala.
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Jan. 13
People struggle to cover a damaged roof with a tarp in Selma.
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Jan. 12
Pieces of damaged buildings hit by a tornado that passed through downtown Selma are scattered on the ground.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
Altharis Threatt carries items out of her daughter-in-law's tornado-ravaged trailer home in Mount Vernon, Ala.
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Jan. 12
Debris litters a Selma business destroyed by the tornado.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
Destruction is seen in the aftermath of tornados in Greensboro, Ala.
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Mike Goodall/AP
Jan. 12
Scott Wayman, center, examines his former rental home in the aftermath of severe weather in Prattville, Ala.
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Vasha Hunt/AP
Jan. 12
A damaged structure and debris are seen in Selma.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
Trees were uprooted by the tornado in Selma.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
A vehicle is upended and debris is scattered following the storm in Selma.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
All that remains of this house in Prattville, Ala., is its foundation.
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Vasha Hunt/AP
Jan. 12
Workers prepare to board up windows as they recover from the tornado in Selma.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
A damaged home is seen in the aftermath of severe weather near Prattville.
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Vasha Hunt/AP
Jan. 12
A man inspects a destroyed trailer home in Mount Vernon, Ala.
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Jan. 12
Arthur Threatt, left, and Rob Auxtin try to remove debris on top of a car near damaged trailer homes in Mount Vernon, Ala.
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Jan. 12
A storage garage landed upside in a thicket of trees in Prattville, Ala.
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Vasha Hunt/AP
Jan. 12
Cordel Tyus and Devo McGraw sit on roofing that blew off of an industrial building and wrapped around their house in Selma, Ala.
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Mickey Welsh/USA Today Network/Reuters
Jan. 12
Trees and power lines were downed by the severe weather.
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Vasha Hunt/AP
Jan. 12
Children walk home from school after a tornado hit near Meadowview Elementary School in Selma.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
The roof of a businesses was splintered after a tornado hit Selma, Ala.
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Butch Dill/AP
Jan. 12
A Selma firefighter walks back his truck after putting out a fire that was started by the tornado.
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