The deaths were caused by tornadoes over 48-hours from Tuesday to Thursday morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
The twisters carried personal belongings from destroyed homes sometimes for hundreds of kilometres. But some families are reconnecting with lost documents and belongings via photos posted on a Facebook page set up by an Alabama woman.
The page, Pictures and Documents found after the April 27, 2011 Tornadoes, now sports more than 1,000 photos and has drawn 69,000 visitors .In one case, a granddaughter was connected to someone who had found a photo of her grandfather who had been killed in a tornado.//DPA
