1.   A tornado destroyed twelve homes in Ashport, Tennessee yesterday.

2.   The tornado destroyed everything in its path.

3.   Finley was at their home when the tornado destroyed it around him.

4.   His father was ruined financially after a tornado destroyed his factory, which made dashboards for the Ford Motor Co.

5.   His in-laws were killed three years ago when their home was destroyed by an Arkansas tornado.

6.   In Arlington, the tornado destroyed a section of roof at the Bell Helicopter Textron facility.

7.   In Little Rock the tornadoes destroyed mobile homes, ripped the roofs off houses and sent trees crashing and power lines to the ground.

8.   In Iowa, at least nine suspected tornadoes destroyed homes, flattened barns and uprooted trees.

9.   Preliminary assessments indicate the tornadoes also destroyed hundreds of small businesses, a high school, an entire shopping mall and other commercial and public facilities.

10.   Three Texas Tech teams are in the Oklahoma City area to assess the damage and learn more about the manner in which buildings are destroyed by tornadoes.