At least 14 people have died and many more are still missing after two tornados tore through Alabama Sunday, local authorities said.
March 3 (UPI) — At least 14 people have died and many more are still missing after two tornados tore through Alabama Sunday, local authorities said.
“I can say that at this time we have 14 confirmed fatalities,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told local media Sunday evening. “And, again, the search continues. We sill have some people that are reported missing.”
He described the damage as “catastrophic,” and said he expected the death toll to rise.
He did not specify the number of people missing while the Lee County coroner has asked the state mortuary response team for help, the Weather Channel reported.
