Alabama tornado: 14 dead as severe weather hits
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Alabama tornado: 14 dead as severe weather hits
At least 14 people, some of them children, have died after a tornado swept through Lee County in Alabama.
Emergency workers are still pulling bodies and the injured out of the rubble of hundreds of homes.
"The challenge is the sheer volume of the debris where all the homes were located," Sheriff Jay Jones said.
Severe weather unleashed one of numerous possible tornadoes that threatened the Southern United States on Sunday afternoon. Tornado warnings and watches were in effect for parts of Georgia and Alabama.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey warned residents more severe weather might be on the way and the state was working to help families who had been impacted.
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said that the death toll could still rise.
"We've still got people being pulled out of rubble," he told the
The storm left more than 10,000 customers without power, the Birmingham News said, citing the utility Alabama Power.
At least 14 people, some of them children, have died after a tornado swept through Lee County in Alabama.
Emergency workers are still pulling bodies and the injured out of the rubble of hundreds of homes.
"The challenge is the sheer volume of the debris where all the homes were located," Sheriff Jay Jones said.
Severe weather unleashed one of numerous possible tornadoes that threatened the Southern United States on Sunday afternoon. Tornado warnings and watches were in effect for parts of Georgia and Alabama.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey warned residents more severe weather might be on the way and the state was working to help families who had been impacted.
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said that the death toll could still rise.
"We've still got people being pulled out of rubble," he told the
The storm left more than 10,000 customers without power, the Birmingham News said, citing the utility Alabama Power.