Images: Severe storms in southern states
Strong storms ripped through the sourthern states of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Tornadoes caused multiple deaths and dozens of injuries.
A person walks in midtown Atlanta, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. In parts of Georgia, including Atlanta, a flood watch was posted through Friday evening, the National Weather Service said.
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Neighbors inspect the remains of a storm-damaged home in the Roundaway community near Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. A storm system forecasters called "particularly dangerous" killed multiple people as it swept across the country Wednesday.
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Damaged trees are seen in the Roundaway community near Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. A storm system forecasters called "particularly dangerous" killed multiple people as it swept across the country Wednesday.
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Residents clean up storm damage near Atkins, Ark., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. A storm system forecasters called "particularly dangerous" killed multiple people as it swept across the country Wednesday.
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A fallen tree rests atop a pickup truck in Holly Springs, Miss., after a storm struck the town on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. A storm system killed several people as it swept across the South, and officials are searching for missing people into the night.
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People inspect a storm-damaged home in the Roundaway community near Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. A storm system forecasters called "particularly dangerous" killed multiple people as it swept across the country Wednesday.
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Police tape blocks a road Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 leading to a house north of Atkins, Ark. where a woman was killed and a toddler were injured as storms moved through the area Friday morning. A tree fell into a bedroom of their home.
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Construction workers John Croft, left, Michael Edwards, top center, Lee Croft, top right, and Jacob Croft, bottom center, repair damage to the roof of a chicken house, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, along Arkansas 247 north of Atkins, Ark., near where a woman was killed and a toddler was injured as storms moved through the area Friday morning.
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This photo provided by the Pope County Sheriff's Department shows a storm damaged home outside of Atkins, Ark., on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. High winds and heavy rain caused a large tree to become uprooted and fall on the house resulting in the death of an 18-year-old woman and trapping her 1-year-old child inside, authorities said. Rescuers pulled the toddler safely from the home.
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