Southern Tornadoes

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, left, listens as Mark Harrell, director of Homeland Security and Preparedness for St. Helena Parish, talks about a tornado that tore apart a mobile home and barn behind them earlier in the day in Roseland, La., Nov. 15, 2006.

In this photo taken from a helicopter in which Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco was riding, a property destroyed by a tornado is shown in St. Helena Parish, La., Nov. 15, 2006. Officials said a 43-year-old man was killed when the trailer he was in (shown toppled, at lower center) was destroyed.

Shannon Nichols and Michael Sessions, right, move a television to a drier place following a tornado in the Hamilton Crossroads, Ala., community Nov. 15, 2006.

Banks, Ala., volunteer firefighters Jake Dubose, left, and Justin Register discuss tornado damage to the home of Douglas Miles, center, and his father, DeKalb Miles, right, after the home was hit by storms in the Hamilton Crossroads area near Banks Nov. 15, 2006.

Charles Singleton stands near the destruction caused by a tornado on his property near Chatom, Ala., Nov. 15, 2006. A travel trailer, back and to the left, was flipped and destroyed during the storm.

Billy Morgan stands at the spot where he took cover when a suspected tornado destroyed his shop and trailer near Laurel, Miss., Nov. 15, 2006. Powerful thunderstorms with possible tornadoes and heavy rain raced across parts of the U.S. South early Nov. 15, injuring at least 12 people in Mississippi and Arkansas and killing one man in Louisiana.

Rex Nicholson picks through the remains of the FEMA trailer in which he was living near Laurel, Miss., Nov. 15, 2006.

Lance Chancellor, with the Powers Volunteer Fire Department, hugs Ann Butler whose home in the Tucker's Crossing Community near Laurel, Miss., was damaged by a possible tornado, Nov. 15, 2006.

Lewis Harrison wipes his face after pulling more than 30 children from the Fun Zone after a storm destroyed the building and a possible tornado moved through the area in Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 15, 2006.

Wreckage of a mobile home after powerful storms moved through Iredell County Wednesday night is shown Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, at East Mobile Home Park in Statesville, N.C. Lawrence Thurston and his granddaughter, Tori Thurston, were in this home when the tornado struck, completely destroying it.

In this photo provided by the News Reporter, a damaged structure is shown in Riegelwood, N.C., after a tornado hit the area, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006.

In this photo provided by the News Reporter, people look at damaged homes in Riegelwood, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, after a tornado struck the area.

In this photo provided by the News Reporter, people walk past overturned automobiles and destroyed structures, in Riegelwood, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, after a tornado struck the area.

In this photo provided by the News Reporter, people look a destroyed home Riegelwood, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, after a tornado struck the area.

In this photo provided by the News Reporter, a destroyed home is seen in Riegelville, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006.