![Rescue workers and volunteers stand amid debris of homes one day after they were destroyed by tornado in Vilonia, Arkansas Arkansas Tornado Damage 06](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-06.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![An upturned truck lies under tree that has lost most of its branches, following tornado near Vilonia, Arkansas, at sunset Arkansas Tornado Damage 01](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![COMMERCIAL APPEAL Arkansas Tornado Damage 02](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![BESTPIX - Widespread Damage And Casualties After Tornadoes Rip Through Arkansas Arkansas Tornado Damage 03](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Widespread Damage And Casualties After Tornadoes Rip Through South Arkansas Tornado Damage 04](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Severe Weather Arkansas Tornado Damage 05](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Rescue workers and volunteers stand amid debris of homes one day after they were destroyed by tornado in Vilonia, Arkansas Arkansas Tornado Damage 06](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Aerial view of central town after tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas Arkansas Tornado Damage 07](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A resident makes his way down Jackson Street and away from the tornado damaged area in Tupelo Mississippi Arkansas Tornado Damage 08](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![COMMERCIAL APPEAL Arkansas Tornado Damage 09](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Destiny Dimmons Arkansas Tornado Damage 09](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-010.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Widespread Damage And Casualties After Tornadoes Rip Through South Arkansas Tornado Damage 010](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-011.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Men use boards as paddles as they search though the debris of what is left of homes in a lake in the town of Vilonia Arkansas Tornado Damage 011](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-012.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Severe Weather Alabama Arkansas Alabama Tornado Damage 012](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-013.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Uprooted trees are pictured after a tornado hit Vilonia, Arkansas Arkansas Tornado Damage 013](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tornado-arkansas-014.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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