Authorities said a more comprehensive picture of the damage and a search for additional victims would come Friday, when conditions were expected to clear.
across parts of the U.S. South, killing at least seven people and causing substantial damage in the historic city of Selma, Alabama.
He said about 40 homes were destroyed or seriously damaged, including several mobile homes that were launched into the air. “They weren’t just blown over. They were blown a distance.” Nationwide, the weather service issued more than 40 separate tornado reports on Thursday, and Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina and North Carolina all had tornado warnings for a time. The tornado reports were not yet confirmed and some could be classified as wind damage once assessments are done.
Malesha McVay took video of the giant twister, which would turn black as it swept away home after home.Three factors — a natural La Nina weather cycle, warming of the Gulf of Mexico likely related to climate change and a decades-long eastward shift of tornado activity
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