Tornadoes kill 22, devastate dozens of communities
Story By: Bea Karnes
Source: NBC
A string of tornadoes ripped through Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri over the weekend, killing at least 22, and injuring hundreds more.
The violent pattern is random. The twisters erasing one home, while just a couple of feet away, another house has barely been touched.
The hop-scotch path of the storms has left behind miles of debris. Some of the homes in the path of the tornadoes are little more than a shell. Still they, in some sense, are the lucky ones.
Chase Bradford from Newton County, Oklahoma says "Your average person isn't used to seeing stuff like this. Even people who live in tornado alley, most people don't see stuff like this all their life."
But it is those people, in these tattered neighborhoods, that now hold the key to recovery.
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry says "We will get through this, by pulling together, working together."
Struggling to patch together the pieces, the storm left behind.
