Damage is seen from a tornado which killed at least 23 people in Beauregard, Alabama on March 4, 2019. – Rescuers in Alabama were set to resume search operations Monday after at least two tornadoes killed 23 people, uprooted trees and caused “catastrophic” damage to buildings and roads in the southern US state.”The devastation is incredible,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate late Sunday.”I cannot recall at least in the last 50 years… a situation where we have had this loss of life that we experienced today.” (Photo AFP)
This handout image provided by Justin Merritt from his Instagram account shows a tornado in Dothan, Alabama on March 3, 2019. – A tornado killed 14 people and caused “catastrophic” damage in the southern US state of Alabama on March 3, a local sheriff said. “At this time, we have 14 confirmed fatalities,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said in a video posted on Facebook by a journalist from a local CBS affiliate. (Photo by Handout / COURTESY OF JUSTIN MERRITT, INSTAGRAM / AFP) /
Damage is seen from a tornado which killed at least 23 people in Beauregard, Alabama on March 4, 2019. – Rescuers in Alabama were set to resume search operations Monday after at least two tornadoes killed 23 people, uprooted trees and caused “catastrophic” damage to buildings and roads in the southern US state.”The devastation is incredible,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate late Sunday.”I cannot recall at least in the last 50 years… a situation where we have had this loss of life that we experienced today.” (Photo AFP)
Damage is seen from a tornado which killed at least 23 people in Beauregard, Alabama on March 4, 2019. – Rescuers in Alabama were set to resume search operations Monday after at least two tornadoes killed 23 people, uprooted trees and caused “catastrophic” damage to buildings and roads in the southern US state.”The devastation is incredible,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate late Sunday.”I cannot recall at least in the last 50 years… a situation where we have had this loss of life that we experienced today.” (Photo AFP)
Damage is seen from a tornado which killed at least 23 people in Beauregard, Alabama on March 4, 2019. – Rescuers in Alabama were set to resume search operations Monday after at least two tornadoes killed 23 people, uprooted trees and caused “catastrophic” damage to buildings and roads in the southern US state.”The devastation is incredible,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate late Sunday.”I cannot recall at least in the last 50 years… a situation where we have had this loss of life that we experienced today.” (Photo AFP)
At least 22 people were killed Sunday in a tornado in the southern US state of Alabama, US media reported citing the local sheriff’s department.
“We are at 22 right now. Unfortunately, I feel like that number may rise yet again,” NBC affiliate WRAL-TV quoted Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones as saying.
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