This before and after image shows the complete destruction in Lee County, Alabama, following the EF-4 tornado there on Sunday. The tornado carried 170 mph winds and had nearly a mile-wide track for 65 miles, killing at least 23 people.
Lashawn Wilson sat crammed between her 72-year-old mother, her son and her husband in the bathroom of her mom's home.
Here's how you can help the Alabama tornado victimsHer family barely had enough time to get to her mom's brick house from their mobile home when the first alert sounded through the television, warning of 70 mph winds, Wilson told CNN's Chris Cuomo."We can make this," she said she thought."We've been through hurricanes, we've been through strong winds before."The tornado that ripped through Lee County, Alabama actually carried 170 mph winds.
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