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This looks like a mess. And it is. Sadly, you probably saw this image, or one just like it, in the news recently.
It's an aerial view of what had been a pleasant neighborhood in Tuscaloosa, Ala., before the colossal tornado tore the town apart April 27. The twister packed winds of 190 miles (310 kilometers per hour).
The photo above is a close-up of what had been a house near 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard. You can see the full images below — before and after — and the area focused on is the brown-roofed house just above the parking lot near the bottom of the images.
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The near 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard in Tuscaloosa, Ala., before the colossal tornado tore the town apart April 27, 2011.
(Image credit: NOAA)
The same neighborhood after the Tuscaloosa tornado.
(Image credit: NOAA)
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