"Many afternoons spent out there in a chair, staring at the dirt." Homeowner stuns with breathtaking before-and-after photos of sloped backyard transformation: 'So happy with how everything has turned ...

So far, they've found that the tornado spanned 1.3 miles -- the length of more than 22 football fields lined up end-to-end -- carving a 17-mile path of destruction. On Tuesday, CNN sent ...