Two Killed, 100 Hurt in Alabama Storm

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) — Two people died and more than 100 were injured as storms pounded the U.S. South and Midwest, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states early Monday.

A sheriff's spokesman in Jefferson County, Alabama, said a 16-year-old girl and an 82-year-old man were killed.

Tornado warnings were issued for parts of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.

A possible tornado moved across Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., Randy Christian said. Homes were flattened, windows were blown out of cars and roofs were peeled back in the middle of the night.

Searchers were going house-to-house in an effort to rescue people trapped in homes.

"Some roads are impassable, there are a number of county roads where you have either debris down, trees down, damage from homes," said Yasamie Richardson, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.

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