Recovery Pictures after Alabama April's Series Disasters

2011-08-21

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Laborers lay concrete block, the foundation for a new home replacing the home completely destroyed in the April 27th tornado. The Pleasant Grove community, heavily impacted by the April 27th tornados, has nearly completed their debris cleaning process, and some residents are already rebuilding. FEMA is working with local officals to help get the community back on its feet.

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Two rocking chairs mark the former entrance of a Pleasant Grove home, where only three and a half months before more than a half dozen homes and countless trees filled the landscape. The Pleasant Grove community, heavily impacted by the April 27th tornado, has nearly completed their debris cleaning process and is starting to build again. FEMA is working with local officals to help get the community back on its feet.

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Laborers cover roof trusses with plywood, rebuilding a roof from a home nearly destroyed in the April 27th tornado. The Pleasant Grove community, heavily impacted by the April 27th tornados, represents a small portion of approximately 20,000 homes and businesses destroyed in the spring storms. FEMA is working with local officals to help get the community back on its feet.

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Amist the scene of rebuilding after destruction, a figurine quoting a bible verse remains in a yard amongst minor debris in Pleasant Grove. Since the April 27th storms, 10 million cubic yards of debris have been created, some articles have been reported traveling as far as 160miles. FEMA is working with local officals to help get the community back on its feet.

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security