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Keitha Collins continues to collect belongings as new stormsmove into the area on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Pratt City, Ala. (APPhoto/Butch Dill)

Alabama

Death toll: 236

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Unemployment ranking: 33

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Unemployment rate: 9.2 percent

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HOW TO HELP: click here

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Southern Tornado Mississippi

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Smithville Baptist Church Pastor Wes White, second from right,hugs one of his church's deacons prior to services Sunday, May 1,2011 in tornado-ravaged Smithville, Miss. White was in the churchwhen it was hit by the tornado. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi

Death toll: 35

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Unemployment ranking: 45

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Unemployment rate: 10.2 percent

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HOW TO HELP: click here

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People sift through the wreckage of a destroyed home nearGreeneville, Tenn., on Monday, May 2, 2011 (AP Photo/ErikSchelzig)

Tennessee

Death toll: 34

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Uemployment ranking: 37

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Unemployment rate: 9.5 percent

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HOW TO HELP: click here

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Southern tornadoes

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Angie Hullender carries a piece of furniture from the home ofRuth Montgomery in Ringgold, Ga. (AP Photo/Billy Weeks)

Georgia

Death toll: 15

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Unemployment ranking: 43

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Unemployment rate: 10 percent

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HOW TO HELP: click here

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Virginia tornado

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Tornado survivors and neighbors James Hall, Robin Frye and AdamBarton, from left, embrace in Glade Spring, Va. (AP Photo/JeffGentner)

Virginia

Death toll: 5

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Unemployment ranking: 9

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Unemployment rate: 6.3 percent

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HOW TO HELP: click here

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Louisiana tornado

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This Sunday, March 6, 2011 aerial photo provided by the RaynePolice Department shows damage from a tornado that killed one andinjured several others in Rayne, La. (AP Photo/Rayne PoliceDepartment, Colin Burnum)

Louisiana

Death toll: 2

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Unemployment ranking: 23

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Unemployment rate: 8.1 percent

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HOW TO HELP: click here

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HOW TO HELP:

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American Red Cross:

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Call: 800-RED-CROSS

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Text: Text redcross to 90999 and $10 will be added to yourcellular phone bill Click: Donate on-line at redcross.org

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The Salvation Army

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The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services is responding tothe deadly tornado activity throughout the South, mobilizingfeeding units and providing support to the victims.

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To donate to the Salvation Army's tornado disaster response,visit http://www.salvationarmyusa.orgclick on their donation page and designate "April 2011 TornadoOutbreak."

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You can call 800-SAL-ARMY and donors can text "GIVE" to 80888 tomake a $10 donation. Checks can be made out to the Salvation ArmyDisaster Relief, P.O. Box 100339, Atlanta, Ga., 30384-0339.

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Feeding America

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Feeding America helps food banks provide food to communitiesaffected by the recent tornadoes. To make a donation to FeedingAmerica, visit its onlinedonation page.

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Alabama Governor's Emergency Relief Fund

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The fund, part of the Alabama Governor's Office of Faith-Basedand Community Initiatives, provides additional recovery assistanceto Alabama residents who have exhausted all other coverage providedby relief organizations, government programs and insurance. Todonate, visit the online donation page.

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