Twister The storm touches down in Atkins, Arkansas. Much of the damage was caused by rare "long-track" tornadoes, which stay on the ground for distances of 30 to 50 miles.
Search and Rescue Emergency workers attempt to remove sections of a wall covering students trapped at Union University in Jackson Tennessee. The storms claimed the lives of over 50 people.
Survivor A Union University student is loaded onto an ambulance.
Kitchen Though the tornado took the roof off of Carrie Dodson's home in Atkins, Arkansas, her teapot and breadbox remained untouched.
Portrait of Loss Dwight Johnson of Aldridge Grove, Alabama lost a dog and a couple of horses that he was housing for a friend.
Broken Wing A damaged figurine sits on a table in a home in Atkins, Arkansas.
Memories Randi Schutt looks through family photos she found in the wreckage of her in-laws home in Atkins.
Devastation Union University student Lindsay Parrish searches a friend's car for valuables. Parrish was injured when her dorm collapsed in the storm.
Crushed A truck lies under the roof of Eagle Global Logistics, a firm based near Memphis, Tennessee.
Shelter From the Storm Jan Stone sits on a cot in a gym at Cotter High School in Gassville, Arkansas. Several thousand homes were destroyed by the storms.
