Officials expect the numbers to rise as they assess damage and begin recovery.
At least 23 people died in one Alabama county, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris told The Associated Press that he had to call in help from the state because there were more bodies than his office could handle.
The tornado wrecked an area several miles long and a fourth-of-a-mile wide in the county about 60 miles east of Montgomery, Jones told WRBL-TV. Numerous injuries were reported with more than 40 patients at the East Alabama Medical Center by Sunday evening,This handout image provided by Justin Merritt 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.
No tornadoes are expected Monday or through the rest of the week, the Storm Prediction Center said. Conditions will be drier Monday, AccuWeather meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said, with highs in the lower to middle 50s.
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