Research teams combing rural South Carolina Thursday morning after a storm swept through the southeast, killing four people and injuring several states.
At least three people died and five others were taken to hospital after a storm struck York County in South Carolina on Wednesday night, after the sheriff’s office.
“This is a search and rescue at the moment,” said Lt. Mike Baker of the Office of County Sheriff.
The county coroner said authorities do not know whether to increase the number of deaths.
A fourth person died in Forsyth County, Georgia, when a tree fell on a car, said the fire department.
Felled trees, damaged homes and buildings, and power outages were reported in Alabama and Georgia, including metro Atlanta.
In North Carolina, a tornado damaged apparent south of Winston-Salem “multiple structures”, but there were no reports of injuries, depending on the direction the state of emergency.
Four people were injured in Mississippi, but their injuries were not critical, according to the National Weather Service. Damaged houses were also reported near Jones, Mississippi, said National Weather Service.
A tornado damaged homes can and vehicles near Opelika, Alabama, the weather service said. It was not immediately known if anyone was injured.
Is Lee County, Alabama has received “reports of significant damage,” said Rita Smith, a public information officer with the County Emergency Management. “We have reports of damage in the apartment complex structures on a lake, mobile homes and trees,” she said.
At Auburn, Alabama, Jim Goldberg said at least half a dozen fallen trees on his property and damaged a house near the roof was.
In the city west of the Alabama Demopolis, damage was to roofs of the city reported, and overturned a boat from a dealer, reported the National Weather Service.
Previously, a suspected tornado moved to Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana in a house with four people inside of its foundation, but no one was injured, according to the National Weather Service.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/17/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=us_c2
