Georgia

Downtown West Point, Ga., is seen in this aerial view showing the Chattahoochee River, top, after it overflowed its banks, May 8, 2003.

Georgia Emergency Management Agency workers drive on Hwy 18 in West Point, Ga., away from downtown and toward Interstate 85, May 9, 2003. Local law enforcement set up a command post in the white RV in the gas station parking lot seen in the background.

Jessica Dickson, 18, stands near the hole that she says she and her boyfriend Kenny Martin jumped into to avoid a tornado, May 6, 2003. The tornado destroyed several trailer homes near Bowman, Ga.

Lecil Hryncewicz carries a baby from his flooded residence as firefighters help others from the home in Rome, Ga., May 6, 2003. Intense thunderstorms brought heavy rain and flooding, strong wind, lightning and tornado warnings to north Georgia.

A car makes it through a flooded part of the road on Old U.S. 41 south of Adairsville, Ga., in north Bartow County, May 6, 2003. Intense thunderstorms brought heavy rain and flooding, strong wind, lightning and tornado warnings to north Georgia on Tuesday.

Hugo Guadarrama, 6, points to the sky after a tornado ripped through the area, destroying some trailer homes near Bowman, Ga., May 6, 2003.

An American Red Cross Disaster Relief worker talks with Joe Carey and his two daughters, Daisy, 12, left, and Krista, 10, right, May 6, 2003, after a severe storm destroyed their trailer near Bowman, Ga. Intense thunderstorms brought heavy rain and flooding, strong wind, lightning and tornado warnings to Georgia.

A man tries to get his car out from a flooded street in Rome, Ga., May 6, 2003.