Photos: Severe weather damage in the midwest and south
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Harveyville Tornado
Flags pulled from the ruble of the Harveyville United Methodist church hang on what is left of the church, Thursday March 1, 2012. The church was built in 1885. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, Thad Allton)
Tornado Damage
Greg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in the East Limestone, Ala. on Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday.
Alabama tornadoes
Utility poles and power lines sit mangled in Athens, Ala., after a strong storm swept through the area Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday. (AP Photo/The News Courier, Lora Scripps)
Illinois tornadoes
Joe Jenkins helps salvage medical records from a destroyed senior center Friday, March 2, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
STORM DAMAGE
Sierra Gaines, 8, sifts through the rubble of her family's overturned mobile home outside Puxico, Mo., Thursday, March 1, 2012. Gaines was trapped under the wreckage when an early morning tornado destroyed the trailer Wednesday, but she and her family escaped uninjured. A nearby neighbor was killed when his trailer was destroyed. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)
Alabama tornadoes
A home under construction after being leveled during an April 2011 tornado, lies damaged again, Friday, March 2, 2012 in Harvest, Ala., after another reported tornado. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Bob Gathany)
Indiana tornadoes
A truck stands amongst storm damage near New Pekin, Ind., on March 2, 2012. Powerful storms stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns, killed at least three people and bred anxiety across a wide swath of the country on Friday, in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.(AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Matt Stone)
Alabama tornadoes
Jerry Vonderhaar, left, comforts Charles Kellogg after severe weather hit the Eagle Point subdivision in Limestone County, Ala. on Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Jeronimo Nisa)
Alabama tornadoes
A house destroyed by a tornadoin the Eagle Point subdivision, Friday, March 2, 2012 in Limestone County, Ala. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Jeronimo Nisa)
Indiana tornadoes
Firefighters with the Jeffersonville, Ind., fire department coordinate a search of the Henryville Middle School following severe storms Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind. Tornadoes ripped across several small southern Indiana towns on Friday, killing at least three people and leaving behind miles of flattened devastation along the border with Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Alabama tornadoes
Andrew Ridnour salvages items from his home in East Limestone County, Ala., on Friday. March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Robin Conn)
Alabama tornadoes
A 18-wheeler is flipped on it's side on Friday morning March 2, 2012 in Harvest, Ala. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Eric Schultz)
Alabama tornadoes
Ceola Dejean,Tony Hernandez and Angela Franklin look for photos in Dejean's damage home Friday, March 2, 2012 in Meridianville, Ala. Reported tornadoes destroyed several houses and hit a maximum security prison in northern Alabama as bad weather threatened more twisters across the region Friday, two days after a storm system killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Dave Dieter)
Harveyville Tornado
Residents assist in the cleanup after a tornado touched down, Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Harveyville, Kan. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, Thad Allton)
HARRISBURG STORM DAY 2
Levi Fogle strums on his guitar alongside Sarah Pearce outside their South Water Street home Thursday, March 1, in Harrisburg, Ill. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
Indiana tornadoes
Emergency medical personnel search the Henryville Middle School room-by-room for injured people following severe storms Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind. Tornadoes ripped across several small southern Indiana towns on Friday, killing at least three people and leaving behind miles of flattened devastation along the border with Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Indiana tornadoes
An employee of Henryville High School examines the remains of the building following severe storms Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind. Tornadoes ripped across several small southern Indiana towns on Friday, killing at least three people and leaving behind miles of flattened devastation along the border with Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Indiana tornadoes
A semitrailer lies on its side in front of the remains of a gas station following severe storms Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind. Tornadoes ripped across several small southern Indiana towns on Friday, killing at least three people and leaving behind miles of flattened devastation along the border with Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Illinois tornadoes
An American flag flies from what is left of the tree in front of a destroyed senior center Friday, March 2, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Alabama tornadoes
Charles Kellogg walks away from his destroyed house after severe weather hit the Eagle Point subdivision in Limestone County, Ala. on Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Jeronimo Nisa)
Alabama tornadoes
A home in Athens, Ala., was heavily damaged by a strong storm that swept through the area Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday. (AP Photo/Athens News Courier, Jean Cole)
Alabama tornadoes
Sherika Thompson, Alex Humphrey and Danielle Humphrey carry clothes from a storm damaged home in Meridianville, Ala., Friday, March 2, 2012. Powerful storms stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns, killed at least three people and bred anxiety across a wide swath of the country on Friday, in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Dave Dieter)
Alabama tornadoes
A semi trailer lies flipped near Sparkman High School on Jeff Road after a reported tornado came through Harvest, Ala., Friday, March 2, 2012. A reported tornado destroyed several houses in northern Alabama as storms threatened more twisters across the region Friday. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Eric Schultz)
HENRYVILLE, Ind. - Powerful storms that stretched from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes killed at least 27 people on Friday, including 14 in …