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Tornado Clean-Up, Missouri

Photo: Cleaning up in the wake of destructive tornadoes in Missouri

A pick-up truck lies in a twisted heap in Stockton, Missouri, after tornadoes plowed through the area. Severe storms pummeled Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee from May 4 through May 11, 2003, killing 40 people and causing about $2.2 billion in damage.

Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images