11 killed in US tornadoes

Kiwi · #1 02-Mar-2007, 21:52

Tornadoes have killed at least 11 people in the southern United States.

One wrecked a school building in Alabama, killing at least five people, and storms later hit a hospital in Georgia killing two. State officials had earlier said as many as 15 people could have died at the school. Rescuers continue to search for anyone trapped in the debris.

President George W Bush has offered federal help to the states of Alabama and Missouri.

Parts of Alabama and Georgia remain under tornado warnings into Friday, the National Weather Service has said. The US Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had earlier issued a rare "major severe weather outbreak" warning for the eastern third of the US.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6409659.stm

Kiwi · #2 02-Mar-2007, 21:52

Pictures of the destruction from the BBC website too

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Alabama tornado

Grant · #3 03-Mar-2007, 06:43

Rescue efforts are under way in several states in America's south and mid-west after a series of tornadoes left at least 20 people dead.

Hardest hit was Alabama, where at least eight people died when a tornado struck a high school building on Thursday. Nine more people died in Georgia, two of whom were killed when another tornado hit near a regional hospital. The tornadoes were part of a major storm system that stretched across a swathe of the United States.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US clean-up after lethal storms

Map of reported tonadoes