Henryville, Ind., regroups after tornado

As snowflakes fell on the ruined homes and businesses Sunday, many residents gathered in the parking lot of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

Few people have power, so they hunched around propane fueled heaters, drinking hot coffee and eating eggs scrambled on an outdoor grill.

Two days after his home was severely damaged by the tornado that devastated the town, trucker Charles Boughton was not bowed by the work ahead.

“We’ll be fine,” said Boughton, 43. “We’ll make it happen.”

The tornadoes that ripped across much of the Midwest and South on Friday killed an estimated 40 people in five states, 22 of them in Kentucky and 13 in Indiana, including a 15-month-old toddler who had survived the same tornado that killed her

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