A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South killed seven people on Thursday, authorities said and spawned a tornado that shredded the walls of homes and toppled roofs in Selma.
Ernie Baggett, emergency management agency director in Autauga County, Alabama, told CBS News that about 40 homes were damaged or destroyed. The tornado's destruction traversed a path of about 20 miles in the communities of Old Kingston and Marbury, Baggett said.Autauga County, Alabama, is 41 miles northeast of Selma, which was also hard-hit by the tornado.
Nationwide, there were 33 separate tornado reports Thursday from the National Weather Service as of Thursday night, with a handful of tornado warnings still in effect in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. However, the reports were not yet confirmed and some of them could later be classified as wind damage after assessments are done in coming days.
"People have been injured, but no fatalities," Perkins said."We have a lot of downed power lines. There is a lot of danger on the streets."The"large and extremely dangerous tornado" caused damage as it moved through the historic city, the National Weather Service said. There were confirmed reports of tree and structural damage in Selma and reports of damage in other counties, the agency said.
Fallen trees are seen in the aftermath of severe weather, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Selma, Ala. A large tornado damaged homes and uprooted trees in Alabama on Thursday as a powerful storm system pushed through the South.Malesha McVay drove parallel to the tornado with her family. She said it got less than a mile from her home before suddenly turning.
There were multiple tornado warnings issued Thursday in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee as the storm system moved through the region.
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