After tornadoes ripped through the Southeast, at least 9 people have been killed. The death toll is expected to rise.

At least 9 people are already dead, and it is likely that the number will grow. more than a dozen tornadoes tore through the Southeastern U.S. On Thursday.

According to Ernie Baggett, director of the county Emergency Management Agency, seven deaths were reported in Autauga County (Alabama), northwest of Montgomery. Six deaths were reported on Thursday and the seventh was confirmed the next day.

Georgia’s 5-year-old boy died when a tree hit the car in which he was riding. In Georgia, the second death was caused by storm damage. Governor Brian Kemp announced this Friday at a press conference.

Kemp stated that Georgia was affected by multiple tornadoes.

“The storm moved all across our state unfortunately, it’s been a tragic night and morning in our state,” he said. “It’s a very dangerous environment.”

Officials are concerned about the possibility of an increase in death tolls and are conducting search-and-rescue operations throughout the Southeast.

Crews have resumed surveying damage in Alabama’s Autauga County and found at least 40 homes that are either completely destroyed or uninhabitable. Baggett stated.

He claimed he has never seen anything similar in Autauga County.

“It is complete devastation,” said he. “There are only one or two homes that are still livable on a couple of our county roads.”

Drone footage showed extensive damage in Selma, Alabama and Greensboro. Roofs were torn and trees fell.

Selma’s downtown is littered with power poles, trees, and roads that are completely blocked.

Birmingham, Alabama’s National Weather Service office stated that it received numerous “devastating” reports of damage and will be inspecting the damage in the coming days.

Bis now, an EF2 tornado, called the Delmar tornado, was confirmed in Winston CountyThe sign north of Selma indicates that it experienced three-second gusts of 111-135 mph according to the agency. Delmar’s peak wind was estimated to be 125 mph with a path width of approximately 425 year.

EF2 damage was also confirmed in Selma Autauga County sustained at least EF3 damages, which means that there were three-second gusts between 136 and 165 mph.

According to the National Weather Service, “While these areas of damage were caused primarily by the same storm, it’s not known if there was an ongoing path of damage.”

In Georgia, multiple departments, including the state’s Emergency Management Agency, are responding and assessing damage. According to Colonel Chris Wright, the Department of Public Safety assisted students trapped in middle school over night and reunited them with their parents.

Georgia’s governor and Lt. Governor Burt Jones and Lt.

According to Poweroutage.us, Friday afternoon saw at least 33,400 homes and businesses in Alabama, Georgia, and Georgia without power.

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