ALABAMA tornado leaves at least 5 dead, many injured or trapped.

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ALABAMA tornado leaves at least 5 dead, many injured or trapped.
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Alabama tornado kills five, leaves others injured as storms rip through the Mid-South
Peak tornado activity is expected Thursday night
By Peter Aitken, Paul Best | Fox News


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Five people were killed Thursday as tornado-producing storms ripped through central Alabama, destroying homes and structures along the way, Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown confirmed to Fox News Thursday.

Severe weather warnings were issued for the parts of the Mid-South and Tennessee River Valley, with tornados expected across the region.

The National Weather Service (NWS) declared a number of tornado warnings in Alabama, with some remaining in effect until 8 p.m. CT, as wild winds shred across the state.


"The most persistent/intense supercells will be capable of producing strong to violent tornadoes, along with very large hail and substantial damaging winds," the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center wrote Thursday.


A house is totally destroyed after a tornado touches down south of Birmingham, Ala. in the Eagle Point community damaging multiple homes, Thursday, March 25, 2021.
Three of the victims who died Thursday were living in a wooden home, while the two other victims were living in mobile homes.

The Calhoun County coroner said it is currently unclear how many injuries occurred during the storm.

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Videos posted to social media by safety and weather services showed debris tumbling through the air at incredible speeds.


Pelham police reported damage to several homes in Chandalar, as well as damage to the Civic Center and utility lines down along highways.

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Authorities across the state have urged residents to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. Some injuries have been reported as first responders try to free residents trapped in their homes.


A firefighter surveys damage to a house where the family was trapped, but were able to get out after a tornado touches down south of Birmingham, Ala. in the Eagle Point community damaging multiple homes Thursday, March 25, 2021.  ((AP Photo/Butch Dill))

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey urged residents to stay safe amid the storms.

"Tragically, we are receiving reports of loss of life," she wrote on Twitter. "I offer my sincerest prayers to all impacted. Unfortunately, the day is not over yet. Y'all, please stay safe and vigilant!"


In Georgia, damage to homes has stranded some people, leaving them trapped as authorities work to help residents cope with some of the damage to the area.

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The strongest storms are predicted to form across parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

Fox News' Janice Dean contributed to this report.

[Graybeard]

Ohatchee is only about 12-15 miles from me. It was far closer. When it left Ohatchee it went thru Wellington which is still closer.

Matt and Wyatt stood out at their house just a few miles from Ohatchee and saw two tornadoes moving together. Faye showed me a photo earlier someone took just two miles from my house of them still moving together.

One death was at Wellington and the other four at Ohatchee.

Matt was out here a little while ago disconnecting us from my generator as power finally came back on. He said the tornado passed just on the other side of the hill across the highway from me. Likely at most a quarter mile from me.

It crossed Sulpher Springs Road he said no more than a hundred yards or so off the road I live on. That cross roads is at most a quarter mile also. Just beyond it going east is a cemetery and it reached the road I live on at that point, call it 3/8 of a mile from me. It took down trees there and went on up the road I live on moving east. It wiped out all the out buildings at the Clark farm, took out all the row of cedars along a large field there, blew roofing tin all over the other side of the highway and wipe out all the trees on the front of that guys land.

It went up up that way and eventually went thru Pleasant Valley and on into Piedmont and I dunno where to from there. It started I think in MS so was a really long track EF2 according to Matt. There were also two of them traveling together side by side so Matt reported and I saw a photo of it from the gas station two miles away from me.

Here at my place I lost my old cedar I planted about 25 years ago and got lots of someone's home insulation and that piece of roofing tar paper but that's really about all.

We of course lost power due to all the trees it took down across power lines. Had no phone, TV, internet or power until about an hour or so ago. I do own a generator and Matt came over and got it running and we had drop cords running all thru the house.

One went to the freezer, one to refrigerator, to a lamp in the living room and to my CPAP machine. I made do without my oxygen machine. Most all of my neighbors also have generators so their sound humming away sure has been loud out this way.

But we all came thru it OK and only had minor inconvenience and now all is back to normal here.

Lots of folks lost their homes and very nearby those 5 lost their lives.

[Ranger99]

God bless the poor victims of the storm

[powderman]

BILL. Prayers answered my friend. CHARLIE.