Georgia: Aerial view of tornado aftermath

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Georgia: Aerial view of tornado aftermath

Aerial view of tornado aftermath

AJC photographer Jason Getz gives readers a bird's-eye-view of the damage caused by tornadoes that killed at least 15 people in Georgia, and at least 266 across the south. The tornado tore the roof off this home in Ringgold, Ga.

The roof of a Red Roof Inn was ripped off by the tornado.

A gas station was destroyed in Ringgold, Ga.

The tornado destroyed chicken houses in Cassville, Ga.

A person looks into a house whose roof was torn off by a late Wednesday tornado in Ringgold, Ga.

The baseball and football stadiums of Ringgold High School were destroyed.

In Ringgold, Ga., an automobile got flipped and tangled in a power line during Wednesday's tornado.

The tornado ripped up a large tree in Ringgold, Ga..

The tornado destroyed a gas station as police block off the debris-filled roads Thursday afternoon in Ringgold, Ga.

Here are more homes the tornado destroyed in Cassville, Ga., as seen Thursday afternoon.

Emergency crews begin cleaning up a destroyed Ringgold, Ga. along State Highway 151 just off of I-75 Thursday afternoon, April 28, 2011.

A late Wednesday tornado pulled the roof off of this chicken house in Cassville, Ga., as seen here Thursday, April 28, 2011.

The tornado knocked over hundreds of trees and a tractor trailer truck as it crossed I-75 in Cassville, Ga.,

A tornado knocks over hundreds of trees and a tractor trailer truck along I-75 Thursday afternoon in Cassville, Ga., on April 28, 2011.

Convenience stores, hotels, and restaurants all got destroyed along State Highway 151 just off of I-75 Thursday afternoon in Ringgold, Ga.

Residents talk to a police officer next to destroyed homes by a late Wednesday tornado Thursday afternoon in Ringgold, Ga., April 28, 2011.

Clear skies are shown as traffic travels on I-75/85 north toward downtown Atlanta from Fulton Street Thursday morning in Atlanta, Ga., April 28, 2011. With storms coming south of Atlanta and north of Atlanta late Wednesday night Atlanta seemed to dodge a bullet with minimal to zero storm damage.

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AJC photographer Jason Getz gives readers a bird's-eye-view of the damage caused by tornadoes that killed at least 15 people in Georgia, and at least 266 across the south. The tornado tore the roof off this home in Ringgold, Ga.

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