rise. the path of destruction tearing through lee county, alabama. one tornado appears to have traveled for several miles on the ground in one community destroying nearly everything in a half-mile wide path and sending dozens of people to the hospital with very serious injuries. >> i wouldn't wish this on anybody. this just came on so quick and changed so many lives that, i mean, it's really sickening to watch. >> reporter: neighborhood after neighborhood in this georgia town leveled. roofs torn off the tops of houses. trees uprooted and blocking streets. cell phone towers knocked down. >> this whole area right here is -- is pretty much just gone. looking out over this way which was mostly trees, it just looks like toothpicks broke just all through there. >> reporter: this porch, the only thing still standing from this home. >> contents of one residence we know for a fact we've located