At least 23 dead in Alabama after tornadoes ravage the Deep South, causing 'catastrophic' damage
By Allyson Chiu , Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow Amy B Wang and Amy B Wang General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow Meagan Flynn Meagan Flynn Morning Mix reporter Email Bio Follow March 4 at 5:00 AM The first thing Scott Fillmer noticed was the overwhelming smell of pine trees. The trees were littering his front yard just outside Beauregard, Ala., after deadly tornadoes whipped through Lee County on Sunday afternoon.
— Scott Fillmer March 3, 2019 At least 23 people were killed, including children, in America’s deadliest tornado outbreak in six years after twisters tore through Alabama, Georgia and Florida, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said. The two tornadoes that touched down in Lee County on Sunday wrought a trail of “catastrophic” damage, leaving an untold number of people without homes and in shelters and countless others mourning their loved ones.
Posted by East Alabama Medical Center on Sunday, March 3, 2019 Located about 100 miles southwest of Atlanta, Lee County, which includes the city of Auburn, has a population of more than 161,000 and covers roughly 600 square miles. — NWS Birmingham March 4, 2019 Once his phone started shrieking with emergency warnings, Fillmer took cover in his laundry room with his wife and their three cats and a puppy. Jacky Hornaday, who lives several miles from the unincorporated rural community of Beauregard, told The Post she and her three kids hunkered down in the bathtub for nearly two hours, with stuffed animals and blankets to keep the children distracted. The sirens, she said, kept going and going.
— SevereStudios March 3, 2019 Jones, when describing the damage, said that in some cases, “just slabs [were] left where once stood a home.”
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