CAMILLA, Ga. -- The last thing Francisco Mendez saw was his bedroom window flying right at him as he dove to cover his wife.

When he dug his way out from beneath the rubble, his house was gone, three of his relatives were dead and it was raining.

The tornado that struck Camilla Thursday morning lasted fewer than five minutes, but it killed four people and two in Worth County, and it injured scores of others in Mitchell County, where another devastating storm hit three years ago.

The Mitchell County coroner identified the dead as Kay Demott, 40, O.C. Williams, 42, Jahaven Hill, 8-months-old, and Bakari Haywood, 8.

In Worth County, the dead were identified as Edna Causey, 77, and Steve Causey, 50.

State to Help Gov. Sonny Perdue promised full state support, despite a budget crisis, to the tornado victims.

Perdue, who toured the wreckage Thursday afternoon, declared a state of emergency in Mitchell and Worth counties as victims sifted through the wreckage of their homes to retrieve family pictures, pocketbooks and other valuables.

"Obviously, all of us are saddened to see the damage and death in Mitchell and Worth counties," Perdue said at a news conference. "We are assessing the damage. We're in a budget crisis, but we will find the funds to meet the needs of these folks to the limit of Georgia law."

A man and his mother were killed when a tornado hit their trailer near Bridgeboro, a rural community in southern Worth County, said Sheriff Freddie Tompkins. They were identified as Edna Causey, 77, and her son, Steve Causey, 50.

Four people were killed in Mitchell County -- two boys, ages 8 and 8 months; a 40-year-old woman, and a man in his 40s, said county coroner Jim Jamerson, who was expected to release the victims' names Friday.

About seven to nine homes were damaged, and three mobile homes were destroyed in Worth County. Tompkins said damage would be in the millions of dollars.

Mitchell County authorities estimated that 50 to 75 homes were destroyed, and at least 75 were damaged.

Nearly 60 people sought treatment at Mitchell County Hospital for serious head and chest injuries, broken bones and cuts, spokesman Rick Ivey said. Some were transferred to hospitals in Albany, Thomasville and Bainbridge.

Mitchell County officials said the latest tornadoes cut a one-half mile swath that extended for about 10 miles, through residential areas, farmland and pecan orchards. In Worth County, the tornadoes cut a streak about 10 miles long and up to 300 yards wide, much of it through timberland, Tompkins said.

State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine estimated insured losses, not including to infrastructure and utilities, at $2.5 million in Camilla. "That could go up," he said.

The Red Cross set up a shelter at the Worth County Middle School and officials planned to begin assessing the damage today. GEMA was preparing to set up a disaster assistance center.

"The rescue is over," said GEMA Director Mike Sherberger Thursday evening. "They don't think anyone is stranded. So we're able to focus on basic needs -- food and shelter."

Many victims of Thursday's tornadoes lived in mobile homes.

Eric Moore's trailer was blown 100 yards away and crashed into a brick house, but he survived by taking shelter in his mother's house across the street.

"I know I can't run from the Lord, but I think we'll be a lot safer if we get out of that mobile home" Moore said.

Robert Reed, 51, joined others walking through the Camilla neighborhood to check on friends and relatives. His mobile home was seriously damaged and he wondered if twisters might be attracted to him.

"I don't want to go any place else," Reed said. "The tornadoes might follow me."

Survivors Take Stock Mendez was already awake when the alarm went off at 5 a.m. so his wife, Rosalyn, could get ready for work.

He heard the rain pounding his house and the wind blowing hard against the walls.

"I said, `Hey, that sounds like a train,"' he said.

Rosalyn Mendez immediately knew something was wrong.

"Something tingled in my head, and I said, `Get under the cover!"' she said.

Everything went dark until Francisco Mendez clawed through the shattered window and remains of his roof.

"If we had gotten up, we wouldn't be here right now," his wife said.

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Amazingly, the only injury to the two was a piece of glass lodged in Mendez' right arm, which he removed.

They grabbed a couple of quilts and wrapped up in the dark, waiting for dawn. Their twin 18-year-old sons somehow escaped through the back of the house.

When light arrived, Mendez saw his wife's 44-year-old cousin lying on the ground next to him. He was dead. Two of their nephews living nearby also died.

As they went through the rubble, Rosalyn Mendez found a pair of high heels that had blown from the closet. She wore them for hours until somebody found her another pair of shoes.

"Until today, I didn't realize how far I had walked," she said.

The couple spent the night Thursday at a Red Cross shelter set up at Mitchell County Middle School. They had nowhere else to go because their whole family lived on the same street and their cars also were destroyed.

"We're going to thank the Lord for being here and take it one day at a time," Mrs. Mendez said.

Camilla's streets were lined with buildings obliterated by the storm, leaving only wood and insulation. Downed trees littered front lawns, tarps covered roofs and power lines dangled above the streets.

Few people saw the tornado's funnel before they had time to react. Some described a blue-green glow in the sky created by the storm. Everyone recalled the tornado's signature sound -- like a freight train bearing down on them too quickly to get away.

Colon Herrington and his wife, Elizabeth, shouted prayers for their lives over the din of the storm as they huddled in their bathtub.

As the tornado passed overhead, they heard a sound like the crinkling of a bag of chips. That was debris slamming against the walls and hitting the vinyl siding.

"We were in serious danger. We knew if it hit us just right we wouldn't have made it," Elizabeth Herrington said.

The storm ripped the tin off the barn out back and threw it more than 100 yards. A small bunkhouse was lifted off the ground and dropped in a pond. A large oak tree fell on the house, its branches poking a hole in the roof.

The couple were not injured.

They had been through a similar natural disaster before, during the Valentine's Day tornado of 2000 that tore a nearly identical path.

"I always got shudders when I heard a train coming through," Colon Herrington said.

An American flag raised in the front yard flew off because of the high winds. Herrington found it Thursday and tied it back on the pole.