(AP) — On April 27, 2011, a series of tornadoes killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and reduced countless buildings to rubble across a swath of the U.S. Casualties were reported in Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama — which was the hardest hit, with a death toll of more than 250 in that state alone. Survivors there say no tornado warning or emergency plan could have prepared them. Alabamians who lived in the tornadoes' path are trying to move on, but they face constant reminders of what their towns used to be. Jagged tree trunks have replaced thick woods. Cracked driveways cut through the grass and lead to bare foundations or empty lots where homes used to be. A tornado left physical scars in the town of Hackleburg, and it's still taking a psychological and social toll today. A brick from the nearby College Hill Baptist Church slammed into his upper leg as debris crashed through his home. The windows were blown out and the porch destroyed, but the church's roof narrowly missed landing on the couple's home.
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