CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield December 27, 2015 19:02:00
>> and her husband's car was with-in the driveway. it's back in the alley. >> reporter: gar land took the brunt of the storms. >> i can see it. >> reporter: lafayette griffin huddles with his family under a mattress and prayed as the tornado hit. >> it was terrifying. terrifying. very terrified. you know, they didn't know if they were going to make it. >> reporter: eight people died when a tornado hit the area around interstate 30. and in some neighborhoods storms ripped facades off houses, leaving gaping holes. and in other cases houses were just gone. >> the grace of god it worked. i'm reall...
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