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Damage shows the path of tornado through Quapaw, Okla., Monday, April 28, 2014. The tornado was among a rash of tornadoes and heavy storms that rumbled across the center and south of the country overnight. The National Weather Service warned that more tornadoes, damaging winds and very large hail would strike in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana on Monday. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 photo, new modular homes are seen behind an old house, right, in Grenora, N.D. Not so long ago, small towns in North Dakota were slowly dying. But a new oil boom has changed all that and brought new life to the area known as the Baaken. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, Gordon Levang, 95, holds a photo of one of his family's longtime homes in Watford City, N.D. A retired farmer who now lives in that home in town, Levang says the population growth and development in the area has been astounding for a town that once had 1,500 residents and now has as many as 7,000 in the town and its outskirts. As a lifelong resident of the area, and even though there were two other booms in the region, he says he's never seen anything like this. He says oil has been found on his family's farm outside town in all three oil booms. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo, traffic, much of it related to the oil industry, lines up behind a stoplight on a road into Watford City, N.D. The lack of roads to handle the traffic, which is present day and night, and accidents that result, are a common complaint from residents in the region. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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Traffic passes on Interstate 40 between destroyed businesses in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 16 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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A debris trail, bottom, left when a tornado struck a Vilonia, Ark., neighborhood, leads from the rows of houses Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday, killing at least 16 people. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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A concrete slab and rubble are all that is left of a home in Vilonia, Ark., neighborhood Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
