Alabama tornado leaves at least 23 dead 03:08 Alabama tornado: What we know so far. He said it's "like a bomb went off." The tornado outbreak of March 3, 2019 was a significant severe weather event that affected the Southeastern United States.

... County Sheriff's Office in Florida said five homes in the Baum community were destroyed by a tornado on Sunday, March 3, 2019. That path was brutal," Trump said. This home was anchor-bolted to its foundation.Beauregard–Smiths Station, Alabama/Talbotton, GeorgiaBeauregard–Smiths Station, Alabama/Talbotton, Georgia

Those killed lived in roughly a one-square-mile area of the town of Beauregard, a resilient, community-oriented town of roughly 9,000, Jones said, and many miraculously escaped with their lives. An average of 80 people die annually from tornadoes in the U.S., although just 10 died in 2018, according to data from the National Weather Service. Cox met with her parents Monday, who confirmed the news of her death. At least 12 reported tornadoes were reported in Alabama while Georgia saw 16, according to data from the National Weather Service. Well-built homes were leveled, trees were debarked, and vehicles were lofted and mangled beyond recognition by this violent tornado.

By 4pm, he’d received a call from the State Mortuary Operations Response Team (SMORT) to bring a refrigerated trailer to Beauregard because the coroner estimated 20 deceased. More than Despite the massive volunteer response, however, the work ahead was Hatch says he has noticed an uptick in particularly dangerous tornadoes in Alabama in recent years.

Other students lost homes or suffered property damage.CNN shot this drone footage of the destruction left after tornadoes swept through parts of Alabama.At least three children were killed in Lee County on Sunday as tornadoes swept through the area, county coroner Bill Harris said at a news conference this afternoon.The youngest victim was identified as 6-year-old Armando Hernandez, family member Sara Crisp told CNN.The National Weather Service in Birmingham gave the deadly tornado that hit Lee County a preliminary EF4 rating on The Enhanced Fujita scale uses the physical damage caused by the storm to estimate how fast the wind was blowing. Jones said he has never seen this level of destruction.

"You look at the areas affected and probably nobody made it out of that path. Once again regaining low-end EF3 strength, the tornado proceeded to strike the north side of There were 23 people killed by this violent low-end EF4 wedge tornado, with all of the fatalities occurring in Lee County, Alabama; 97 people were injured, some critically.

March 3, 2019.Tornadoes have struck parts of Alabama, near the Georgia state line, to Macon, Georgia, about 100 miles to the east.

At least 23 people were killed as storms pounded Lee County, Alabama. Severe weather effect in the Southeastern United StatesEF4 damage to a well-built brick home in Beauregard, Alabama. Take control of your data:Destruction is seen from tornadoes that came through on March 3rd, 2019, killing multiple people, in Lee County, Ala.Carol Dean, right, cries while embraced by Megan Anderson and her 18-month-old daughter Madilyn, as Dean sifts through the debris of the home she shared with her husband, David Wayne Dean, who died when a tornado destroyed the house in Beauregard, Ala.Destruction is seen from March 3rd tornadoes, killing multiple people, in Lee County, Ala. Granadas Baker retrieves personal items from his home after a tornado caused extensive damage to a neighborhood in Beauregard, Ala.The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. In this area, which has many mobile homes, houses were "completely destroyed, nothing left but the slabs -- concrete slabs that they existed on," Jones told "Good Morning America" Monday. 4 March 2019.


"Parts to people's houses, random mattress in our driveway, trees down everywhere I can look, power lines down everywhere." "To the community of Lee County we grieve by your side and we pledge our unwavering support to help you rebuild from the very depths of this horrible tragedy." Residents Kevin and Becky Boyd they were in their trailer when the tornado hit, rolling the trailer over. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.

Many of these tornadoes caused damage, but none so catastrophic as the one that hit Lee County, Alabama… A violent, long-tracked EF4 tornado killed 23 people as it decimated the rural community of Beauregard in Lee County, Alabama. We're wrapping up our live coverage, but if you're looking for more on the aftermath of Sunday's deadly tornadoes, you can...From CNN's Susannah Cullinane, Joe Sterling and Eliott C. McLaughlinOne of the deadly tornadoes that ripped through Lee County, Alabama, The path of destruction from the EF-4 is at least 24 miles long, said Chris Darden, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service's Birmingham office.The path was likely longer, because the twister crossed into Georgia. One day you got everything, next day you ain't got nothing." As I drove up to the tornado, I could hear the thunderous roar as it went by me.