Photos: Severe weather in the South

A storm cloud approaches one of the homes damaged by tornadoes near were seven people were killed outside Adel, Georgia, on Jan. 22, 2017.

(Mark Wallheiser / EPA)

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A Sumter Utilities worker lines up a drill for a new power pole amidst a stand of snapped trees Jan. 22, 2017, in Adel, Georgia.

(Phil Sears / AP)

Storm clouds approach emergency crews at the scene of a house cut in half by a tornado near where seven people were killed outside Adel, Georgia, on Jan. 22, 2017.

(Mark Wallheiser / EPA)

Ken, who asked not to give his full name, walks on his property after a severe storm passed by his home Jan. 22, 2017, in Albany, Ga.

(Branden Camp / AP)

Debris lies on the ground at the home of Ellen Green and Johnny Green on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 in Opelika, Ala.

(Todd J. Van Emst / AP)

A broom rests against a stool next to a demolished mobile home on Lockhart Trailer Court Road in Lauderdale, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.

(Paula Merritt / AP)

Sumter Utilities workers restore power line as the remains of a mobile home sit alongside Plant Farm Road on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Adel, Ga.

(Phil Sears / AP)

Law enforcement officials search for residents to evacuate Sunday Jan. 22, 2017, at a trailer park in Adel, Ga.

(Phil Sears / AP)

At center, David Barnes, with Colquitt EMC, lunges backwards as a limb he has just cut snaps into the air from tension on downed power lines Sunday Jan. 22, 2017 in Valdosta, Ga.

(Phil Sears / AP)

A truck drives between tornado damaged agricultural fields and woods outside Adel, Georgia on January 22, 2017.

(Mark Wallheiser / EPA)

Downed trees rest on a shed and vehicle belonging to Mike Herington in Baxley, Ga., on Jan. 22, 2017.

(Lewis Levine / AP)

Fallen trees sit near Zoar United Methodist Church on Jan. 22, 2017, near Baxley, Georgia.

(Lewis Levine / AP)

Jenny Bullard carries a pair of boots from her home that was damaged by a tornado Jan. 22, 2017, in Adel, Ga.

(Branden Camp / AP)

Marilyn Bullard makes her way to her parents home that was damaged by a tornado Jan. 22, 2017, in Adel, Ga.

(Branden Camp / AP)

The remains of a house sit along Highway 122 as power line workers repair a downed line Jan. 22, 2017, near Barney, Ga.

(Phil Sears / AP)

The remains of a house sit along Highway 122 as road workers raise a stop sign Jan. 22, 2017, near Barney, Ga.

(Phil Sears / AP)

The home of Jeff and Carla Bullard was destroyed by an apparent tornado Jan. 22, 2017, in Cook County, Ga.

(Brendan Farrington / AP)

Friends and relatives help the Bullard family recover possessions after an apparent tornado destroyed their home Jan. 22, 2017, in Cook County, Ga.

(Brendan Farrington / AP)

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Photos: Severe weather in the South

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