Young NC children survive direct twister strike

In this Sunday, March 4, 2012 photo, Ayanna Stevens, 4, center left, and her sister Amber Stevens, 3, center right, recover at Levine Children’s Hospital, in Charlotte, N.C., as their parents Tyronne and Latonya Stevens sit by their side, after a tornado destroyed their home in the Brookstead neighborhood on Saturday. A tornado ripped a trail of destruction across parts of northeast Mecklenburg and southern Cabarrus counties early Saturday morning, damaging nearly 90 homes and leaving three people injured. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Robert Lahser)