Jefferson County Before

Here is a tranquil Jefferson County in 2010.

Here is Jefferson County, after being struck by tornadoes on April 27.

Google highlights Jefferson County towns as they looked in 2010.

Here are those same towns from the celestial view, after.

Pleasant Grove, Ala., was covered in lush forest in the view from 2010.

Here is the scene after the tornadoes uprooted thousands of trees.

This is what Alberta Elementary School looked like in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 2010 before the tornado.

The school and its surroundings are shredded by the vicious winds.

Here are the Charleston Square Apartments in Tuscaloosa in 2010.

Charleston Square Apartments ceased to exist after the tornado in 2011.

Here is the University Place Elementary School in Tuscaloosa in 2010.

This is what’s left of the elementary school in 2011 after the tornado.

Here is the wide view of Tuscaloosa as it was in 2010.

This is what happened in Tuscaloosa when the tornadoes swept through. A lot of houses and buildings that were on the map before simply aren’t anymore.