BREAKING: At least 14 confirmed dead after apparent tornado strike in eastern Alabama, sheriff says.
This photo provided by Greg Martin shows a funnel cloud in Byron, Ga., Sunday, March 3, 2019. The National Weather Service on Sunday issued a series of tornado warnings stretching from Phenix City, Alabama, near the Georgia state line to Macon, Georgia, about 100 miles to the east. An Alabama sheriff says at least 14 people are dead amid “catastrophic” damage from a possible tornado and more people are missing as crews search through wreckage and debris.
Meteorologist Don Harrigan with the Tallahassee office of the weather service tells The Associated Press that the tornado hit about 5:45 p.m. Sunday in Walton County in the DeFuniak Springs area. He says radar shows debris was lofted into the air and he was getting reports of trees down in Walton County and eastbound traffic disrupted at Mile Marker 83 on I-10 in the area.
Spokeswoman Rita Smith with the Lee County Emergency Management Agency says she wasn’t authorized to release further details of thee deaths, but says they occurred along with numerous injuries in the community of Beauregard, Alabama.“We’ve got about 150 first responders out there,” Smith told The Associated Press by phone. “They are doing a phenomenal job. Sadly, we know that we have two known confirmed fatalities and many, many injuries.
Numerous tornado warnings were posted across parts of Alabama and Georgia on Sunday as a severe storm system churned across the Deep South.A National Weather Service meteorologist says there are reports of “significant” damage from a possible tornado in southeast Alabama near the Georgia state line.
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