Four killed in possible tornado as storms lash U.S. South

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Tue Jan 3, 2017 | 2:15am EST

Four killed in possible tornado as storms lash U.S. South

By Jon Herskovitz | AUSTIN, TEXAS

A tornado is believed to have killed four people in southeast Alabama on Monday, when winds sent a tree crashing onto a home as a heavy storm system pounded the U.S. South with rain, hail and strong winds, officials said.

The victims were in a mobile home in Rehobeth, just outside the city of Dothan, Houston County emergency management spokeswoman Kris Ware said in a telephone interview.

Authorities fighting to extricate three more people who were in the mobile home at the time expect them to survive, but emergency workers are trying to determine how badly they were hurt, she added.

"Prayers for those impacted today," Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said in a message on social network Twitter, referring to the four deaths.

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[Chasstev365]

1. I'll bet they wouldn't call it socialism or "Big Government" when they need federal aid.

I am truly sorry for the victims in AL and FL, but the same people who bemoan paying taxes will you expect aid to rebuild. The disconnected is unbelievable