Scenes of the South's Devastation

Tuscaloosa looks something like a war zone
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 28, 2011 8:57 AM CDT
Southern Storms: Photos of the Tornadoes' Devastation
Lightning streaks above Cornith Baptist Church in Athens, Ga., as a line of severe thunderstorms sweep across Georgia in the early morning on Thursday, April 28, 2011.   (David Manning)

With the death toll at 194 and climbing as a result of the violent storms that rampaged across the South, the governors of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi have declared states of emergency. A nuclear plant near Huntsville, Ala., lost power and was relying on diesel generators, reports the AP. Click through the gallery for a look at what the South woke up to this morning. (More tornado stories.)

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