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

Alabama

Death toll: 236

Unemployment ranking: 33

Unemployment rate: 9.2 percent

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Southern Tornado Mississippi

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 church when it was hit by the tornado. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi

Death toll: 35

Unemployment ranking: 45

Unemployment rate: 10.2 percent

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People sift through the wreckage of a destroyed home near Greeneville, Tenn., on Monday, May 2, 2011 (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Tennessee

Death toll: 34

Uemployment ranking: 37

Unemployment rate: 9.5 percent

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Southern tornadoes

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

Georgia

Death toll: 15

Unemployment ranking: 43

Unemployment rate: 10 percent

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Virginia tornado

Tornado survivors and neighbors James Hall, Robin Frye and Adam Barton, from left, embrace in Glade Spring, Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

Virginia

Death toll: 5

Unemployment ranking: 9

Unemployment rate: 6.3 percent

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Louisiana tornado

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

Louisiana

Death toll: 2

Unemployment ranking: 23

Unemployment rate: 8.1 percent

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HOW TO HELP:

American Red Cross:

Call: 800-RED-CROSS

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

The Salvation Army

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

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

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

Feeding America

Feeding America helps food banks provide food to communities affected by the recent tornadoes. To make a donation to Feeding America, visit its online donation page.

Alabama Governor's Emergency Relief Fund

The fund, part of the Alabama Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, provides additional recovery assistance to Alabama residents who have exhausted all other coverage provided by relief organizations, government programs and insurance. To donate, visit the online donation page.

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