At least 23 people died when the storm hit Lee County on Sunday.
As a massive tornado barreled through Alabama's Lee County on Sunday, leveling homes and ripping trees from the ground, residents scrambled to take cover, using whatever means possible to survive the deadly storm.
The path of the tornado was almost a mile wide and 24 miles long, said Chris Darden of the National Weather Service.Forecasters first began discussing the threat of a tornado on Thursday, and tornado watches were issued Sunday morning. Around eight minutes before the tornado struck, the National Weather Service upgraded that to a tornado warning, and authorities said alerts were sent out to every cell phone in the area.
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