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
HOW TO HELP: click here
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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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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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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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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