Residents are trying to salvage what they can from their homes after a tornado hit Pleasant Grove just west of downtown Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday afternoon. More than 130 people in Alabama died in the storms, according to Alabama's state emergency management agency.
PHOTO GALLERY: Tornado damage in Alabama
Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 11:34 a.m. CDT;
updated 1:02 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 28, 2011
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