Trail Of Destruction

Volunteers salvage items at the home of Jerry and Michelle Chenault which was destroyed early Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, by a tornado in Lawrence County, Ala. Residents in five Southern states tried to salvage what they could from homes reduced to piles of debris, a day after the deadliest cluster of tornadoes in nearly a decade tore through the region, snapping trees and crumpling homes. At least 50 people were dead.

James Devaney searches through the debris of his daughter's home in the Aldridge Grove community of Lawrence County, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Devaney's daughter Becky Coleman was killed along with her son Gerreck and her husband Greg when a tornado hit at 3:06 a.m.

Brandon Alexander pauses in the remains of the front door to Ben Seabrook's home Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, in Lawrence County, Ala.

Tornado damage in Aldridge Grove, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, after a tornado ripped through the area the previous night.

Michael LaCour, the swim coach at Union University, walks past tornado damaged campus dormitories and vehicles Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Jackson, Tenn. The storm, which hit Tuesday night, collapsed buildings, flipped cars and sent about 50 students to the hospital, nine with severe injuries.

Emergency crews search the rubble of the Union University dorms in Jackson, Tenn., on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Students huddled inside as the tornado hit.

Jan Stone, 70, of Gassville, Ark., sits on a cot at a temporary shelter at the Cotter High School Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, 2008. Francis' mobile was destroyed Tuesday evening when a tornado ripped through Gassville causing extensive damage.

Jerri Vanscoy, 30, reacts after seeing her house Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, in of Gassville, Ark. A tornado ripped through the city Tuesday evening, killing one and causing extensive damage.

The remains of a Sunny South Community of Manufactured Homes in Gassville, Ark., is shown Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Crews were busy clearing fallen trees, utility lines and debris from the main streets before they can make any full assessment of tornado damage in the Baxter County town where one person died.

Joyce Critt, right, gives Danielle Joy a kiss while rummaging through the rubble of Joy's home that was hit by a tornado on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Hopkinsville, Ky.

A tornado tore through Lawrence County, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, causing a path of destruction from Moulton to Decatur. Three people in Lawrence County were killed as a result of the storm.

Path of destruction after a tornado ripped through Lawrence County, Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008.

Sam and Rita Downing pick up debris Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, after a tornado ripped through eastern Allen County, Ky., killing at least four people Tuesday night.

Bill Whitlock, with the National Weather Service Storm Team surveys the damage Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, after a tornado ripped through eastern Allen County, Ky., killing at least four people.

Bruce Brinlee with AT&T talks on his cell phone while taking inventory of the damage Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, from the tornado which ripped through Castalian Springs, Tenn.

U.S. Post Office workers from Nashville, Billy Robertson, right, and Steve Cole, search through the rubble from the Castalian Springs Post Office in Castalian Springs, Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, which was destroyed by a tornado. Robertson and Cole were recovering hard drive's and the 1,000-pound Post Office safe, all of which were blown across Highway 25.

Damage is seen at the site of a home where two people were reportedly killed when a tornado smashed through their duplex in Castalian Springs, Tenn. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008.

Fallen trees surround two mobile homes in Atkins, Ark., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. A tornado struck the area late Tuesday.

April Bustamante and Angel Griswell, of Henderson, Tenn., volunteer their time on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008, to help Stacy Dalton and her family, of Jackson, clean up after Dalton's home was destroyed by a tornado.

The foundation of a home is seen next to an open field Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Castalian Springs, Tenn. A baby was found alive in the field, shown in center background, Wednesday after the tornado destroyed the home where the baby was believed to be living.