(TWC) – Dozens of homes are damaged or destroyed, two people injured, and trees and power lines down in a dangerous tornado outbreak in the Deep South.
Two people were hurt when a home was destroyed in Clarke County, Alabama. Brian Wilkerson, deputy director of emergency management for the county, told weather.com in a phone call Wednesday evening that four other homes were damaged. More than 45,000 homes and businesses were without electricity across Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi as of about 7:30 p.m. CDT, according to poweroutage.us.
There were more than 20 reports of tornadoes by about 8:30 p.m. EDT. Actual tornado counts will be determined after damage surveys from the National Weather Service in the coming days. Roger Bean, who lives in Clanton, Alabama, hunkered down in an underground storm shelter with relatives, including several children, as a neighbor’s home was ripped apart.
“It’s gut-wrenching,” Bean told weather.com in an interview. “Everything they had’s just destroyed,” Bean said it sounded like he’d always imagined it would – as if a freight train was going by. “Luckily there’s no loss of life, the people are OK,” he said. “You know, all the other stuff can be replaced.” Bean posted a photo of the destroyed home on Facebook. READ MORE
