Local residents paddle up River Loop Road in Lacey's Spring, Ala., May 8, 2003. Floodwaters from the Tennessee River continued rising, and several people were evacuated from the Lacey's Spring area.
Joe Biddy helps clean equipment damaged in flooding at Gay's Beauty Salon in Trussville, Ala., May 8, 2003. Floodwaters from the Little Cahaba River swirled knee high in the salon and left an inch of mud in its wake.
Officer Stan Porter of the Hoover, Ala., police department carries Joy Wilkes to safety May 8, 2003, after her vehicle was stranded in road flooding, in Hoover, Ala. Heavy rainfall caused massive flooding in the Birmingham area.
Hayley Duke, 9, left, comforts Morgan Barkley, 9, at Welti School near Cullman, Ala., May 6, 2003. Students were rushed into the school's storm shelter after weather sirens sounded. They returned to class after the tornado warning was canceled.
Amy Godsey looks at the damage to her grandmother's house caused by a fallen oak tree, May 7, 2003. Her family is remodeling the home and it was not occupied during the storm the night before, which felled several trees along County Road 87 near Five Points in Lawrence County, Ala.
Birmingham Police officer R.E. Self, left, and Brian Felds, right, carry Rev. Terry Reese through waist deep water, May 7, 2003, as strong thunderstorms with heavy rains flooded parts of Birmingham, Ala.
Paramedic Mike McKannan heads to safety after his car stalled due to flooding in Huntsville, Ala., May 6, 2003.
Birmingham, Ala., firefighter Ron Smith carries Brooke Pair, 4, through the rain from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church to Parkway Christian Fellowship after her school flooded, May 7, 2003. Strong thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes plowed across Alabama for a second day.