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Witness: Tornado Swarm

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  • A tornado touching down in the distance in Tuscaloosa, AL.
  • A van hangs over the side of a parking garage at Lambert St. Louis International Airport Friday, April 22, 2011, in St. Louis. Several people at the airport were injured Friday after an apparent tornado touched down, spewing debris over the airfield, bursting glass in the concourse and damaging cars atop a parking garage.
  • A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. A wave of severe storms laced with tornadoes strafed the South on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people around the region and splintering buildings across swaths of an Alabama university town.
  • A small statue stares out from the wreckage of the Rosedale Community in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, May 5, 2011. Authorities continue the search for victims among the rubble over a week after a killer tornado decimated the town.
  • An apartment building ripped open by twister in Tuscaloosa.
  • A demolished strip mall in Tuscaloosa.

  • Twister Touchdown

    Photograph by Jim Edds

    A tornado touching down in the distance in Tuscaloosa, AL.

  • Tornado Hits the Airport

    Photograph by AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

    A van hangs over the side of a parking garage at Lambert St. Louis International Airport Friday, April 22, 2011, in St. Louis. Several people at the airport were injured Friday after an apparent tornado touched down, spewing debris over the airfield, bursting glass in the concourse and damaging cars atop a parking garage.

  • Tuscaloosa Tornado

    Photograph by AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton

    A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. A wave of severe storms laced with tornadoes strafed the South on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people around the region and splintering buildings across swaths of an Alabama university town.

  • Killer Tornado

    Photograph by AP Photo/Dave Martin

    A small statue stares out from the wreckage of the Rosedale Community in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, May 5, 2011. Authorities continue the search for victims among the rubble over a week after a killer tornado decimated the town.

  • Torn Apart Apartment

    Photograph by David R. Mabe

    An apartment building ripped open by twister in Tuscaloosa.

  • The Tornado's Path

    Photograph by David R. Mabe

    A demolished strip mall in Tuscaloosa.
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