In this April 16, 2011 photo provided by Bonnie Burkett, a tornado moves through Colerain, N.C. The photographer, Richard Burkett, snapped the picture shortly before he and his wife took cover in a closet underneath their stairs. The tornado hit their barn and came over their house seconds after the picture was taken.
The roof of Johnny Winters' home on Carroll Byrd Road in Dunn is gone on Sunday, April 17, 2011. A tornado came through the area on Saturday afternoon causing extensive damage to his neighborhood.
Patty Stimmel drops a tree limb as she cleans up her house roof Sunday, April 17, 2011. Severe storms left damages on many houses at Timberlake Estates in Raleigh, NC.
The roof of Johnny Winters' home on Carroll Byrd Road in Dunn is gone on Sunday, April 17, 2011. A tornado came through the area on Saturday afternoon causing extensive damage to his neighborhood.
Mary Grady (cq) sits in a neighbor's yard next door to where she lives along Morris Ford Road near Askewville, NC. She and her husband came to this neighbor's house for safety during the tornado.....their home is now totally gone but they are safe because they went to their neighbors.
Lowe's store manager Mike Hollowell, who directed dozens of customers to safety when a tornado struck the Sanford, N,C, hardware store the previous day, fights the bright sun between media interviews on Sunday, April 17, 2011, where he repeatedly recounted the scene.
Nearly everything wiped out along Morris Ford Road near Askewville, NC.
Family and friends gather along Morris Ford Road near Askewville, NC where a woman that was in this house was reportedly was killed. Her body was recovered across the road in the woods.
New Road in Askewville, NC becomes hard to get through at times.
Gov. Bev Perdue speaks at a press conference in downtown Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, April 17, 2011. Perdue toured six counties to see storm damage following a series of severe storms and tornadoes. State officials report at least 22 fatalities.
Brandon Barnes sits on a pile of debris near Askewville Street in Askewville, NC not far from where his home used to sit. "I drove right through the middle of it. My car was tipping so I opened up the windows and drove as fast as I could. Branches were hitting my car," he said.
Amanda Nelms looks in cabinets in what is left of their grandfather's home just off Askewville Street in Askewville, NC. Her husband Brian holds their daughter Brianna.
Amanda Nelms (cq, left) holds her daughter Brianna's hand on the front steps of what is left of their grandfather's home just off Askewville Street in Askewville, NC.
Tin from a roof is wrapped around a tree near Askewville Street in Askewville, NC as a partially demolished mobile home sits in the background.
The steps are all that's left of this home near Askewville Street in Askewville, NC.
People gather belongings near Askewville Street in Askewville, NC.
Justin Dunlow tries to move debris from what used to be his home in Askewville, NC in Bertie County. The house landed here but was originally about 100 yards away.
An aerial photo Sunday, April 17, 2011 shows several of approximately 30 houses severely damaged or destroyed in the St. Andrews neighborhood just south of Sanford, N.C.. The community was hit by a tornado that ripped through the area Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2011 when a line of severe weather moved across the state.
Clint Stanley (left) and Rob Oakley (right) clear away the remains of a tree on top of a car , Sunday, Apri 17, 2011. The tree fell and crushed the car of Myra Pearson in the driveway of her house on Oleander Road in Raleigh when a tornado struck Raleigh, N.C. Saturday, April 16, 2011. Stanley and Oakley are volunteers with the N.C. Baptist Men.
Glen Passner (front) and Craig Ownes (rear), volunteers with N.C. Baptist Men organization climb through piles of white insulation material in the destroyed uppler floor of the home of Percy Brown in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, April 17, 2011. A large pine tree (top) cut through the upper level of the house, narrowly missing Brown as a tornado struck Raleigh, NC, Saturday, April 15, 2011. The house is on Oleander Road in south Raleigh.
An aerial photo shows some of the approximately 30 houses severely damaged or destroyed in the St. Andrews subdivision south of Sanford, N.C., Sunday, April 17, 2011. A tornado ripped through the area Saturday, April 16, 2011 as a line of severe storms moved across the state.
An aerial view Sunday, April 17, 2011 of some of the approximately 30 homes severely damaged or destroyted in the St. Andrews neighborhood just south of Sanford, N.C. The homes were hit by a tornado Saturday, April 16, 2011 as a line of severe weather moved through the state.
An aerial photo shows a portion of a mobile home wrapped around a tree in the he Stony Brook Mobile Home Park in Raleigh, N.C. Sunday, April 17, 2011 where three people were reported killed when a tornado ripped through the area, Saturday, April 16. Recovery operations were still underway Sunday.
An aerial view of destruction at the Lowes Home Improvement Center in Sanford, N.C. Sunday, April 17, 2011 shows severe damage caused when a tornado tore through the area, Saturday, April 16, 2011 as a line of severe storms moved through the state.
An aerial view of destroyed mobile homes in the Stony Brook Mobile Home Park in Raleigh, N.C. Sunday, April 17, 2011 where three people were reported killed when a tornado ripped through the area, Saturday, April 16. Recovery operations were still underway Sunday.
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