Janet Clark stands in front of her home on Sunday, March 4, where she rode out Friday's EF4 tornado in Henryville, Indiana.
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West Liberty, Kentucky (CNN) -- Cleanup workers make plodding progress Monday in parts of Kentucky and Indiana where fresh snow complicated efforts to dig out of the destruction wrought by last week's deadly tornadoes.
About three inches of snow fell overnight in West Liberty, Kentucky. One resident there, George Weddington, worked to repair the roof of a building next to a more than 100-year-old church that had its top torn off. He recalled what he did during the storm.
"I was really praying for us -- and I realized I was being selfish -- and I just started praying for everybody, you know. I don't know if that helped or not, but I did my best," he said.
Roads were slick as crews worked to restore power in tornado-ravaged areas.
A fresh blanket of snow also covered storm debris in Henryville, Indiana, where residents were just beginning to pick up the pieces after two tornadoes hit the town, including an EF-4 twister, with winds of up to 200 mph.
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Debris and downed power lines forced authorities to block roadways. Half of the town remained without power and gas, Indiana State Police Sgt. Gary Jessee said early Monday.
The tornado outbreak began Friday and extended into the next day, affecting millions of people from Indiana to Georgia. At least 42 tornadoes swept across 10 states on Friday, the National Weather Service said.
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By the time the powerful storm system faded, 40 were dead: 22 in Kentucky, 13 in Indiana, three in Ohio, and one each in Alabama and Georgia.
The tornadoes paralyzed a large part of eastern Kentucky, one of several states that requested Federal Emergency Management Agency teams to help conduct assessments.
"The damage I saw yesterday was the worst I've seen. ... It was a war zone, debris everywhere, buildings destroyed, other buildings just the walls standing, roofs gone. It was a terrible sight," Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear told reporters Sunday, describing his visit to the tornado-ravaged town of West Liberty.
As the focus turned to caring for survivors whose lives were turned upside down by the storm, hundreds of National Guard troops were deployed, while good Samaritans donated what they could.
"When something like this happens, everybody wants to ... pull together, to help each other out. That's what it's all about," volunteer Victor Jett said.
Bloomington, Indiana, resident Ron Stanhouse rushed to Henryville to help his college roommate after the storm.
"I had stopped and bought a generator and a chain saw and a bunch of gas and gloves, thinking maybe we were going to cut some trees and repair his house," Stanhouse told CNN's iReport, "but there were no houses there."
Indiana State Police Sgt. Jerry Goodin said the destruction left authorities there with "no idea how many people are left homeless."
In Henryville, about 20 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky, the EF-4 tornado destroyed schools, homes and businesses, leaving many parts of the town unrecognizable, Kevin Welz told CNN's iReport.
"It is something you would expect to see in an end-of-the-world movie," he said.
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A toddler who had survived the storm in New Pekin, about 20 miles west of Henryville, died Sunday afternoon after family members took her off life support, Jefferson County Coroner Bob Jones said.
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The 14-month-old girl had been in critical condition, surrounded by extended family members at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, said hospital spokesman Brian Rublein. Her immediate family -- including her parents, 2-year-old brother and 2-month-old sister -- all were killed.
In addition to the dead, hospitals continued to treat scores suffering from major trauma to minor injuries related to sudden ferocious spurts of high winds, powerful hail and drenching rains.
More than two dozen people were injured in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where tornadoes Friday destroyed 77 homes and damaged hundreds more, Emergency Services Director Tony Reavley said in a statement.
Residents and officials across the tornado-damaged areas said they were committed to rebuilding their communities.
Beshear said residents in West Liberty and other parts of his state were showing their resilience.
"It's going to be a long, long time to get that town back on its feet, but somehow or another I know they'll want to do it, I know they will do it, and we're going to help them do it," he said.
CNN's Rob Marciano, Athena Jones, Dana Garrett, Chris Welch, Susan Candiotti, Jacqui Jeras, Daphne Sashin, Nicole Saidi and Rick Martin contributed to this report.
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Debris from the violent tornado remains scattered around a Henryville home on Sunday.
Troy Lewis cuts up a tree on Sunday that fell when a tornado passed through Marysville, Indiana.
Harrisburg, Illinois, residents face the daunting challenge of cleaning up after the prowerful storms.
Leah Boylan looks at the damage to her sister's home on Saturday, March 3, after it was destroyed by a tornado in Henryville, Indiana. Dozens of people were killed as severe weather and tornadoes ripped through the South and Midwest on Friday, March 2.
Melody Zollman, left, gets a hug from her sister Michelle Browning as they stand among the remains of Zollman's home in Henryville after it was destroyed by a tornado on Friday.
Zollman hugs her cat Thumbelina after it was pulled from the debris of her home.
Sarah Kutz helps her sister rescue possessions from her home, which was destroyed in the tornado that hit Henryville.
A school bus is lodged in a home in Henryville where it came to rest after being tossed by Friday's tornado.
Cupcakes, baked for a 12-year-old's birthday party, remain on the counter where they were left to cool moments before Friday's tornado destroyed the home.
iReporter Kevin Welz captured this image of the Henryville tornado as it touched down on Friday night.
Steve Smith and J. J. Smith survey the damage to their home following the tornado that struck Henryville.
A family portrait sits among the debris of a Henryville home.
A car and school bus are overturned in the parking lot of a Henryville school.
An overnight storm shredded the roof of a business in Paulding County, Georgia.
High winds during an overnight storm system tore apart a Paulding County home.
A tornado touched down in Madison County, Alabama, on Friday, causing widespread damage. The powerful storm system is moving across the United States, causing tornadoes from Alabama to Indiana and threatening more destruction. In Indiana, at least five deaths were reported.
A tornado in Ooltewah,Tennessee, left this home destroyed on Friday.
Debris is strewn as far as the eye can see in Ooltewah.
Meridianville, Alabama, was hit hard by Friday's storm system.
Tornado-force winds sheered this telephone pole in Madison County, Alabama.
Behind this once welcoming exterior in Madison County lies the ruins of a home struck by Friday's storm.
iRepoterer Blair Scott took this photo of damaged cars at Buckhorn High School in Hunstville, Alabama, after the school was hit by one of Friday's tornadoes.
Keith Huke, right, remained in the bed to his left, escaping with no injuries from the tornado that tore apart his home in Harrisburg, Illinois.
Utility workers try to restore electricity to a tornado-damaged section of Harrisburg on Friday.
Dale Barnfield, left, and his niece Linda Mayberry wait for an insurance adjuster outside Barnfield's tornado-damaged home in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg residents continue to clean up after Thursday's tornado.
A Harrisburg neighborhood lies in ruins Thursday after a tornado tore through the town. A monster storm system killed six people in Harrisburg and left at least seven others dead in two other states.
A truck appears twisted like a toy Thursday in the storm's aftermath in Harrisburg. A tornado with winds up to 180 mph thrashed the southern Illinois town early Wednesday.
Angela Davis, an iReporter from Marion, Illinois, went to Harrisburg after the storm because she said she has friends and family there. "It was kind of surreal," Davis wrote of the destruction. "We saw silos picked up/thrown around, gas pipes from gas stations, a truck wrapped around the tree."
Up to 300 houses were damaged or destroyed in Harrisburg, authorities said. The tornado had a preliminary rating of EF4, the second most powerful on the rating scale, the National Weather Service said.
Steve McDonald inspects what's left of his mother-in-law's house in Harrisburg. His in-law, Mary Osman, was among four women and two men killed in the hard-hit town.
Josh Summers searches for his possessions after the tornado ripped through his Harrisburg neighborhood. The twister appeared to have been on the ground for several miles, a city official said.
The powerful storm leaves cars tossed about among collapsed houses and other debris Wednesday in Harrisburg.
Downed trees crush a truck Wednesday after a tornado hit in Harveyville, Kansas. A state of emergency was declared in the town about 20 miles southwest of Topeka.
Douglas Osman sifts through the wreckage of his grandmother's house Wednesday in Harrisburg. His grandmother, Mary Osman, was one of six people killed in the Illinois town.
Carolyn Osman surveys the wreckage of the tornado that took her mother-in-law's life in Harrisburg, where some 100 people were also injured.
Levi Fogle helps girlfriend Sarah Pearce leave a damaged house in Harrisburg. Fogle, Pearce and her three daughters went unharmed in the storm.
John Bonenberger checks out damage to a Harrisburg strip mall where his business was located.
A house in Harrisburg lies in ruins in the tornado's aftermath.
An old family photo survives the destruction in Buffalo, Missouri.
The storm leaves a car battered in the music resort town of Branson, Missouri, in a photo from iReporter Danny Gassaway.
A tornado razed this house and above-ground swimming pool in Stoddard County.
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