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30:01Now PlayingDeadly tornado devastates Alabama
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30:01Now PlayingFirst responders aided by drones and search dogs hunted for survivors Monday after a devastating tornado killed at least 23 people, injured dozens more, smashed homes, snapped power lines and toppled a massive steel cell tower.
The tornado Sunday was part of a powerful storm system that also ripped through parts of Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. The National Weather Service in Tallahassee confirmed the system spawned multiple tornadoes in Alabama and others in Leon County, Florida, and Cairo, Georgia.
In Alabama, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said dozens were injured and the death toll could rise in this rural community less than 10 miles from sprawling Auburn University. The National Weather Service said the twister was at least EF-3 in strength (with winds of 136-165 mph) and was a half-mile wide or more.
"It looks almost as if someone took a giant knife and just scraped the ground," Jones said. "There are slabs where homes normally stood. There is debris everywhere."
Jones said at least two children were among those killed. One of them was fourth-grader Taylor Thornton, her school said.
"Our hearts at Lee-Scott Academy are broken this morning," the academy said on a Facebook post Monday. "Please pray for the Thornton family, our students, faculty, and staff during this difficult time."
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