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Deadly tornado sweeps through Alabama - in pictures

US Tornado: People move belongings remove belongings from their destroyed home
In the aftermath of a severe tornado, Kelly Giddens, right, helps University of Alabama law student Daniel Hinton remove belongings from his destroyed home in the Cedar Crest neighbourhood in Tuscaloosa Photograph: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images
US Tornado: Tornado damage in Ringgold, Georgia
Lalita Gajjar, left, and her son Arpan go through the remains of the family-owned Baymont Inn and Suites hotel after a tornado swept through in Ringgold, Georgia Photograph: Erik S. Lesser/EPA
US Tornado: Overnight tornadoes leaves part of Pratt City in ruins
Parts of Pratt City, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, is left in ruins Photograph: Marvin Gentry/Reuters
US Tornado: Tiffany Wood stands on the doorstep of what is left of her home
Tiffany Wood stands on the doorstep of what is left of her home after a tornado hit a day earlier in Pleasant Grove, near downtown Birmingham Photograph: Butch Dill/AP
US Tornado: Casey Wallace tries to clear a road of power lines in Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa department of transportation employee Casey Wallace tries to clear power lines off a road in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Photograph: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images
US Tornado: The aftermath of overnight tornadoes in Pratt City, Birmingham
Tornadoes overnight left neighbourhoods ruined, including this house which was taken off its foundations in Pratt City, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama Photograph: Marvin Gentry/Reuters
US Tornado: Mandy Coolidge collects photos in Birmingham
Mandy Coolidge collects photos from the debris after the tornado hit Pleasant Grove in Birmingham, Alabama Photograph: Butch Dill/AP
US tornado: Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Alabama
Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City near Birmingham Photograph: Butch Dill/AP
US tornado: Birmingham Rescue attend an injured man after a tornado hits Alabama
Rescue workers attend to an injured man in Pratt City Photograph: Butch Dill/AP
US tornado: Residents survey the destruction after a tornado hit Pratt City, Alabama
Residents survey the destruction in Pratt City Photograph: Butch Dill/AP
US tornado: Bystanders look on at storm damage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
People take in the scale of the storm damage in Tuscaloosa, where many buildings were reduced to rubble Photograph: Dusty Compton/AP
US tornado: A woman sifts through destruction of a former office, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A woman sifts through the destruction of a former office in Tuscaloosa Photograph: Caroline Summers/AP
US tornado update: Rescue workers carry an elderly woman away from rubble, Alabama
Rescue workers carry a woman away from the rubble of her home in Phil Campbell, Alabama Photograph: Daniel Giles/AP
US tornado update: A car lies overturned around buildings destroyed in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A car lies overturned among destroyed buildings in Tuscaloosa Photograph: Dusty Compton/AP
US tornado: Woman sits on a mattress as she comforts her granddaughter, Conord, Alabama
A woman sits on a mattress in her yard as she comforts her granddaughter in Concord, Alabama Photograph: Jeff Roberts/AP
US tornado update: A large tornado sweeps through Limestone County, Alabama
A large tornado sweeps through Limestone County Photograph: Gary Cosby Jr/AP
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