From parts of Albany and all over south Georgia on Monday, came stories of the storms fury from over the weekend.
11Alive's Ryan Kruger spoke with people in Albany who rode out the storm. When they opened the doors, all they saw was destruction.
"I thank God for sparing my life," said Delinda Wright. "God still got me."
Wright is counting her blessings. When the storm rolled through Sunday afternoon, she grabbed her puppy and hunkered down in her bathroom.
"I could hear them falling over and pushing onto the house," she said.
The storm covered a large area. For several blocks all you can see is trees that have fallen and homes that are destroyed.
At one house, the roof and walls were blown off he second floor, yet this furniture remains unmoved.
Dolores Dunlap was with her kids and grandkids.
"We were in the closet, I was just praying," she said.
The deadly tornado came just 20 days after another devastating storm hit the northwest part of town.
Roosevelt Smith says his neighbors are still picking up from that storm, and now he has to help loved ones who lost their home in this recent storm.
"This town has come together," he said. "We have embraced each other. I would just like for people to be praying for Albany."
County officials on Monday urged President Donald Trump to cut through the red tape and get boots on the ground in Albany and south Georgia as soon as possible.
Video images from a drone show an Albany neighborhood left in ruins with trees toppled.
PHOTOS: Aerials of tornado damage in Albany, Ga.
At least 15 people were killed and 43 hurt across the state of Georgia over the weekend due to the storms. Albany and Dougherty County were pummeled by a storm that lashed the area with winds of more than 70 mph.
Gov. Nathan Deal expanded a state of emergency for 16 southwest Georgia counties Monday morning due to the storms -- Atkinson, Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dougherty, Lowndes, Mitchell, Thomas, Turner, Wilcox and Worth.
Photos | Tornado destroys Albany gas station
National Weather Service survey teams were in south Georgia beginning early Monday, and by midday, teams indicated they had confirmed tornado damage in portions of Wilcox, Houston, Wilkinson and Washington counties.
Specific information on the intensity of the storms that struck those counties will be available Monday evening or on Tuesday.
Surveyors were able to determine that damage from the tornado that hit Dougherty County was of at least EF-2 intensity. A damage path of at least a mile wide was found in some areas of the county.
The survey area for the second half of the tornado's path through portions of Worth and Turner counties will be conducted on Tuesday.
The survey for the tornado that struck Thomas, Brooks, Cook and Berrien counties was still ongoing late Monday afternoon. A survey of the storm that hit Henry, Clay, Calhoun, Randolph and Early counties will be conducted on Tuesday also.
