A massive storm system whipping up severe winds and spawning tornadoes cut a path across the U.S. South, killing at least eight people in Georgia and Alabama, where a twister damaged buildings and tossed cars in the streets of historic downtown Selma.
Scott Wayman, center, examines his former rental home at 1349 County Road 43 in the aftermath from severe weather, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Prattville, Ala.
In Georgia, a passenger died when a tree fell on a vehicle in Jackson, Butts County Coroner Lacey Prue said. The storm appeared to have knocked a freight train off its tracks in the same county, officials said.Ernie Baggett, Autauga County’s emergency management director, said at least 12 people were injured severely enough to be taken to hospitals as crews cut through downed trees looking for more people needing help.
In Selma, a city etched in the history of the civil rights movement, the city council met on a sidewalk using lights from cellphones to declare a state of emergency. The uprooted tree crashed straight through the front of the building, she said, destroying a viewing room, a lounge and a front office. No one was hurt.
Selma Mayor James Perkins said no fatalities have been reported, but several people were seriously injured. Officials hoped to get an aerial view of the city Friday morning.Mattie Moore was among Selma residents who picked up boxed meals offered by a charity downtown.Advertisement
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