Weekend Twisters

Evelyn Dollison finds a photograph in the rubble of her mother's home in Picher, Okla., Monday, May 12, 2008. Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South Saturday, killing at least 22 people in three states, raising the nation's 2008 total to about 100, the worst toll in a decade.

Cleanup crews continue work in a neighborhood in Picher, Okla., Monday, May 12, 2008, after Saturday's tornado. This year is on pace to see the most deaths since 130 people were killed in 1998, the eighth highest total since 1950, according to the National Weather Service. The record is 519 tornado-related deaths in 1953.

Jean Euran, right, is comforted by a friend during clean up in Picher, Okla, on Sunday, May 11, 2008. Euran was one of many Picher residents who lost everything in a tornado that hit the northeast Oklahoma town on Saturday.

The water tower is one of the few structures left standing in Picher, Okla. on Sunday, May 11, 2008. A tornado roared through Picher Saturday, killing at least seven people, including an infant, and leaving widespread destruction.

Residents sort through the remains of their home Sunday, May 11, 2008, after a tornado moved through the town Saturday evening. A 20-block area was destroyed in Picher, Okla.

The remains of a boat dealership damaged during a tornado on Sunday, May 11, 2008, in Darien, Ga. The violent storm system that ripped through Georgia on Mother's Day left at least 22 people dead and hundreds more injured in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri on Saturday as it tore across the middle of the country.

Steve Horton searches through the wreckage of his place in Newtonia, Mo., on Sunday, May 11, 2008. Horton used the house for storage, and was not in it at the time the tornado hit.

Annie and Brian Breeman salvage what is left of their home in Newtonia, Mo., on Sunday, May 11, 2008, after a tornado sheared off the side of the house. The storm system started in Oklahoma, before moving into southwest Missouri.

Michael Hillmann looks for any items he could salvage from his mother's home on Sunday, May 11, 2008, after a tornado caused major damage Seneca, Mo.

Koral Chenoweth stands where a wall used to be on Sunday, May 11, 2008, after a tornado caused major damage near Seneca, Mo.

Kiley Finkbiner, 16, runs the BBQ grill as the rest of her family tends to putting their grandparents house back together on Sunday, May 11, 2008, after a tornado devastated Newtonia, Mo., the day before. The family gathered for a Mother's Day cookout.

A destroyed home is seen in Newton County, Mo, on Sunday, May 11, 2008, where officials say they have initial estimates of 50 homes damaged or destroyed by a tornado.

A view from a chat pile shows damage from a tornado in a neighborhood of Picher, Okla., Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry surveys the tornado damage in Picher, Okla., Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Aerial view of tornado damage near Seneca, Mo., Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Malinda Gonzales stands in what used to be her home in Racine, Mo, on Sunday, May 11, 2008. Gonzales, her children and her parents, survived a deadly tornado on Saturday afternoon, May 10, by huddling under a tractor outside their home. None of them were injured.

A vehicle was dumped along highway 86 north of Racine, Mo, by a tornado that hit the area in southwest Missouri on Saturday afternoon, May 10, 2008. At least 12 people were killed by the tornado in southwest Missouri.

A pair of damaged vehicles sit outside a destroyed home near Racine, Mo., Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Buffy the dog lays on the floor of the wreckage of her family's home near Racine, Mo., Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Craig Lant picks through the rubble of his parents businesses on Sunday, May 11, 2008, in Seneca, Mo. Craig's father, Bill Lant owned Lant's Feed Store and his mother, Jane, owned Lant's Bridal Garden located north of Seneca, Mo. Both businesses were destroyed by a tornado that swept through southwest Missouri late Saturday afternoon.

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