In photos: The scene after tornadoes rip through Mississippi and Alabama

March 28

The aftermath of a tornado that laid waste to much of Rolling Fork.

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March 28

The U.S. flag flies from a crane as crews work to clear the land of debris in Rolling Fork.

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March 28

A damaged building in Rolling Fork.

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March 28

A broken window window in downtown Rolling Fork.

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March 28

David Graham, of Fredricktown, Ohio, shows he cares about those affected by the tornado in Rolling Fork.

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March 28

David Brown, right, 71, and his grandsons, Terran Williams, 7, Dejuan Hall, 13, and Messiah Adams, 4, are among the residents collecting their mail outside a damaged post office in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

The remains of a mobile home park outside Rolling Fork, Miss, after devastating tornadoes hit the region.

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March 27

Destruction in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

A destroyed mobile home in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

The metal foundation is all that remains of a trailer home park just outside Rolling Fork.

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March 27

Chandra Wells, 47, and her sister, Jennifer, 57, salvage items from Chandra's home in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

A destroyed mobile trailer home in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

People work to clear debris in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

Robbie Diffey sits on top of the roof of her garage in Rolling Fork.

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March 27

An aerial view of wreckage of a trailer home park just outside Rolling Fork.

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Cynthia Stamps, 42, left, and Bobbie Jackson, 52, sit outside the Rolling Fork Motel after being displaced by a tornado.

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March 27

Charles Jones Sr., left, and Edna Kent Jones look for valuables in Rolling Fork.

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Greg Henderson salvages a few guns and ammo after his mobile home was destroyed in Rolling Fork, Miss.

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The aftermath of the disastrous tornado in Rolling Fork.

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Mary Shelby salvages what she can in Rolling Fork.

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A.C. Warfield, 65, salvages what he can of his belongings, including a childhood picture of his now grown grandson, Adrian Warfieldin, in Rolling Fork.

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Eric Reed, 34, helps his father, A.C. Warfield, 65, salvage belongings in Rolling Fork.

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Workers repair a roof in Rolling Fork.

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DeLinda Williams weeps for her sister, who was killed by a tornado that left nothing of her Rolling Fork mobile home but the front steps.

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Destruction in Rolling Fork on Sunday.

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Destruction lies in the wake of a disastrous tornado in Rolling Fork.

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The son and nephew of Cedric Miles search for belongings inside the Miles family home in Rolling Fork.

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A view out of a blown-out window inside the Miles family home in Rolling Fork.

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An injured man sits inside a makeshift clinic and relief center in Rolling Fork.

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The remains of a house and cars are entangled in tree limbs in Rolling Fork on Sunday.

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Wonder Bolden cradles her granddaughter, Journey Bolden, as she surveys the remains of her mother's mobile home in Rolling Fork on Saturday.

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Melanie Childs of Amory, Miss., sits on a bucket and holds her two children, Mila, 1, left, and Major, 2, as they view what is left of her grandfather's home.

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Tracy Hardin, center, who with her husband Tim, left, own Chuck's Dairy Bar, consoles a neighbor in Rolling Fork.

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A pickup truck rests on top of a restaurant cooler at Chuck's Dairy Cafe in Rolling Fork.

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A sheriff's deputy climbs onto a pile of wind-tossed vehicles to search for survivors or the dead at Chuck's Dairy Bar in Rolling Fork.

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Charlie Weissinger tosses away the paneling from one of the desks in his father's demolished law office in Rolling Fork.

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Noel Crook looks through damage at his home in Silver City, Miss.

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A resident looks through the piles of debris, insulation and home furnishings to see if anything is salvageable at a mobile home park in Rolling Fork.

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People sit in front of a damaged home in Silver City.

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Alaina Dean, 8, her mother Shannekia Miles and other family members salvage what they can from their home on Seventh Street after a tornado cut through their small town the night before in Rolling Fork.

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KeUntey Ousley tries to salvage what he can from his mother's boyfriend's vehicle, as his mother, LaShata Ousley, and his girlfriend, Mikita Davis, watch in Rolling Fork.

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Monte Tynes, left, and O'Brian McGee look to see if they can clear a way through what used to be the living room of McGee's parents in Amory, Miss.

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A vehicle awaits removal in Rolling Fork.

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