Victims deal with memories of tornado
07.08.11 - washing machine door handle
60 tornadoes hit Alabama on April 27.
246 people died in the storms -- 26 in Franklin County, 25 in Marion County. .
14,000 homes were either destroyed or uninhabitable. .
More than 13,000 jobs were lost due to the storms. .
The storm left more than 10 million cubic yards of debris. One cubic yard of debris is about the size of a washing machine. Ten million cubic yards is enough to fill 67,000 18-wheelers. If those trucks were lined up ended, they would stretch from Mobile to Nashville and halfway back. .
90 percent of that debris has now been cleaned up. .
Franklin County has received $2,426,858.53 in assistance from the Federal Emergency n Management Agency, while Marion County has received $2,809,078.02 in assistance. .
Storm-related debris was across 65 percent of the state. .
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $76.6 million in low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters or business owners. .
More than 88,000
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