Freak Christmas Day tornado rips across Alabama while the death toll hits 15 from deadly storms earlier this week
Unseasonably warm weather starting on Wednesday helped spawn torrential rain and deadly storms that left at least 15 people in three states dead and dozens of families homeless by Christmas Eve
Lt. Sean Edwards, a Birmingham police spokesman, said trees were down and people were trapped inside damaged houses. Several people were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries
Among the dead from several days of rough weather were eight people from Mississippi, including a 7-year-old boy who died while riding in a car that was swept up and tossed by storm winds
Six people were killed in Tennessee, including three found in a car submerged in a creek, according to the Columbia Police Department
One person died in Arkansas, and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed
DailyMail.com
26 December 2015
Severe weather has plagued the southern U.S. during Christmas week, and the misery continued as a tornado touched down in north-central Alabama on Christmas Day.
Unseasonably warm weather starting on Wednesday helped spawn torrential rain and deadly storms that left at least 15 people in three states dead and dozens of families homeless by Christmas Eve.
The tornado that touched down in Alabama on Friday was spotted by witnesses outside the city about 5 p.m.
An hour later the National Weather service confirmed that first responders were on the scene in a working class neighborhood less than 10 miles from downtown Birmingham.
Lt. Sean Edwards, a Birmingham police spokesman, said trees were down and people were trapped inside damaged houses. Several people were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries. It wasn’t clear if anyone was killed.
Ruthie Green went door-to-door in a coat and a bicycle helmet to check on neighbors after the storm and swept debris from her front porch as more emergency responders arrived in the neighborhood.
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