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Steve Sawyer sorts through debris of a 3,500-square-foot home that was destroyed after a tornado swept through the area Saturday night in Gloucester, Va., in this photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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In this April 17, 2011, photo, Jeffery Lee looks at a photograph in the middle of debris that was once his friend's home in Fayetteville, N.C., after a tornado hit the area Saturday. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue plans to tour areas that were hit hard by a ferocious storm system with twisters that ripped through the South, killing at least 45 people across six states. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)

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In this April 17, 2011, photo, a business lies in ruin in Fayetteville, N.C., after a tornado hit the area Saturday. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue plans to tour areas that were hit hard by a ferocious storm system with twisters that ripped through the South, killing at least 45 people across six states. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)

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In this April 17, 2011, photo, homes lay in ruin in a subdivision in Fayetteville, N.C., after a tornado hit the area Saturday. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue plans to tour areas that were hit hard by a ferocious storm system with twisters that ripped through the South, killing at least 45 people across six states. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)

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This aerial photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, shows a home severely damaged by a tornado that ripped through Gloucester, Va., on Saturday. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Randall Greenwell)

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This aerial photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, shows damage to Page Middle School by a tornado that ripped through Gloucester, Va., on Saturday. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Randall Greenwell)

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Kathy Gay looks at the damaged ceiling in the home of her brother Gary Jordan on Sunday, April 17, 2011, in Gloucester, Va. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Sunday declared a state of emergency, authorizing state agencies to assist local officials in response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)

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A truck in Gloucester, Va., damaged by Saturday's tornado, is shown in this photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Sunday declared a state of emergency, authorizing state agencies to assist local officials in response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)

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Page Middle School is damaged along with two school buses after Saturday's tornado in Gloucester, Va., as shown in this picture taken Sunday, April 17, 2011. Tornadoes and flash flooding have left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Sunday declared a state of emergency, authorizing state agencies to assist local officials in response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)

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An EMS worker assists an employee from the Umami Sushi restaurant to safety after a tornado left several businesses in ruins on Saturday, April 16, 2011, in Sanford, N.C. A furious storm system that kicked up tornadoes, flash floods and hail as big as softballs left at least 40 people dead on a rampage that stretched for days as it barreled from Oklahoma to North Carolina and Virginia. Emergency crews searched for victims in hard-hit swaths of North Carolina, where 62 tornadoes were reported from the worst spring storm in two decades to hit the state. (AP Photo/The Sanford Herald, Wesley Beeson)

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Lowe's Home Improvement employees stand in the parking lot of their store after it was hit by a tornado in Sanford, N.C., on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Homes and businesses were badly damaged by a severe storm system that whipped across North Carolina, bringing flash floods, hail and reports of tornadoes from the western hills to the streets of Raleigh. "The Lowe's Home Improvement has been flattened," said Monica Elliott, who works at the nearby Brick City Grill. "It's totally destroyed." (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

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Will Harrison's flag hangs from a fallen tree after it was blown off his house when a tornado ripped through the Cottonade neighborhood in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday, April 15, 2011. Homes and businesses were badly damaged by a severe storm system that whipped across North Carolina, bringing flash floods, hail and reports of tornadoes from the western hills to the streets of Raleigh. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)

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Mary Grady sits in her neighbor's yard, where she rode out a tornado, in Askewville, N.C., on Sunday, April 17, 2011. Her home was destroyed in the storm. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

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An aerial photo shows destroyed mobile homes in the Stony Brook Mobile Home Park in Raleigh, N.C., on Sunday. A tornado ripped through the area Saturday as a line of severe storms moved across the state. (Associated Press)

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A car drives through a partially flooded street, Friday, April 15, 2011, in Decatur, Ala. Waves of strong storms left damage across a wide area of Alabama on Friday, slamming into homes and businesses and forcing promoters to cancel the first race of a busy weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, John Godbey)