At least three children dead in Alabama tornado; winds reached 170 mph
BEAUREGARD, Ala. - Alabama residents and rescue workers on Monday dug through the remnants of homes destroyed by a spate of tornadoes that killed at least 23 people, including at least three children, the deadliest U.S. twisters since 2013.
Mobile homes were tossed on their sides and ripped open, their contents strewn on the ground, live television images showed. Pieces of homes hung from trees that were not flattened by the storm. Three of the dead were children, ages 6, 9 and 10, County Coroner Bill Harris told an afternoon news conference. Family members identified two of the young victims."We have not recovered any further victims from the areas that we have initially searched but I want to add a caveat to that, that we have not completed our searches," Jones told the afternoon briefing.
Looking over splintered pieces of wood and the remains of kitchen appliances, Vernon said she had lost another home to fire last year, adding,"We'll bounce back from this." The death toll was more than double the 10 people killed by tornadoes in the United States for all of 2018, according to government data.
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