Photo gallery: Severe weather strikes Gulf states

Damaged homes stand next to one another on Feb. 24, 2016, the day after a tornado struck LaPlace, La. A tornado ripped up trees, tore roofs from houses and terrified local residents.

A resident works to salvage his belongings on Feb. 24, 2016, after an apparent tornado struck Pensacola, Fla.

A vehicle lies overturned on Feb. 24, 2016, in Penscola, Fla., the day after storms, including a suspected tornado, struck the area.

Northpointe subdivision residents begin the work to salvage their belongings Wednesday morning, Feb. 24, 2016, after a suspecte tornado struck the Pensacola, Fla., neighborhood.

The Moorings apartment complex shows damage on Feb. 24, 2016, after a suspected tornado struck in Pensacola, Fla.

Damaged homes line a street on Feb. 24, 2016, the day after a tornado struck LaPlace, La. A tornado ripped up trees, tore roofs from houses and terrified local residents.

Grand Baroque town home owners climb the steps on Feb. 24, 2016, of a home destroyed by an apparent tornado in Pensacola, Fla.

Timothy Williams talks on a phone in front of his mobile home, which was destroyed in a deadly storm that swept through Waverly, Va., on Feb. 24, 2016.

Spectators walk through debris left by a deadly storm that swept through Waverly, Va., on Feb. 24, 2016.

Spectators look over debris left in the downtown area left by a deadly storm that swept through Waverly, Va., on Feb. 24, 2016.

Wreckage of the Sugar Hill RV Park in Convent, La., is seen Feb. 24, 2016, following a storm.

Emergency responders load a patient into the back of an ambulance Feb. 23, 2016, near Convent, La., where a suspected tornado ripped through a recreational vehicle park.

People search a destroyed trailer at a business Feb. 23, 2016, in Paincourtville, La.

A house near the intersection of Louisiana routes 70 and 1 was hit by a tornado Feb. 23, 2016, in Paincourtville.

A house was severly damaged by a suspected tornado Feb. 23, 2016, in Paincourtville, La.

Residents survey the damage Feb. 23, 2016, after severe weather damaged homes and power lines along Louisiana Route 63 near Florida Boulevard in the Livingston Parish area of Baton Rouge.

Severe weather damaged homes Feb. 23, 2016, on Circle Road near Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge, La.