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• In a scene eerily reminiscent of "The Wizard of Oz," the Castellanos family of Arabi, Louisiana, took a wild ride on March 22 as a destructive tornado ripped through the area, ABC News reported.
Dea Castellanos was sitting on a couch in her living room when the house began to spin, whipping her into a bedroom.
Her daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, was in another bedroom.
The one-story home was lifted from its foundation and crashed down in the middle of the street, where neighbors called 911 and the girl was taken to the hospital.
One of the Castellanos' pet birds stood among the rubble as they salvaged what they could; family members were "doing fine" after their ordeal.