At least two people died, and one more was injured after deadly storms rocked the southern U.S. Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tornados and other severe weather ripped through several states, including Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, reported CNN. According to the report, two people died and one more was injured from one of the tornadoes near Montgomery, Alabama, which also destroyed buildings and homes and uprooted trees with winds over 110 mph.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) received over 35 reports from the three states notifying it of tornado damage, such as tree trunks snapping in half, downed power lines, and structural damage to a fire department building in Lowndes, Mississippi.
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Lowndes County Fire Coordinator Neil Austin told CNN that crews were able to rescue people from their homes despite the heavy damage. “We were successful in getting some people that had to hunker down in their homes that were messed up,” Austin said. (RELATED: High School Student Violently Attacks English Teacher Reportedly After Poor Classroom Evaluation)
The SPC labeled the deadly tornado in Alabama that also downed trees and did “damage to multiple homes and manufactured homes” as an EF-2. An EF-2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale has wind speeds from 111-135 mph and associated storm damage, according to the National Weather Service.
Tallassee resident Joe Mays told CNN his family stayed safe in a small hallway while the deadly tornado destroyed their Alabama home. “By the time we figured out where it was, it was darn near on top of us, and [we] just had enough time to get hidden in a little tiny wannabe hidey hole,” Mays said.
“We were crammed in there, but I would have rather been crammed and made sure I had a hold of everybody than widen up and stay loose,” he added.
The storms caused over 41,000 reports of power outages in several states, including Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, according to PowerOutage.us. The current outage map show power has been restored to all but around 10,000 residents in Louisiana.