Tornadoes Blow Through Southeast
Updated 3/5/19: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes that took place March 3, 2019.
Updated 3/4/19: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey requested an expedited FEMA Major Disaster Declaration for areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes beginning on March 3, 2019 and continuing.
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NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.
Updated 3/4/19: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a supplemental emergency declaration to include all counties not previously covered in earlier proclamations made in February.
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NOTE: This is independent from any FEMA Declared Disaster.
Updated 3/4/19: Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp issued an emergency declaration for three counties impacted by severe weather.
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NOTE: This is independent from any FEMA Declared Disaster.
Disaster Alert
March 4, 2019
Source: USA Today
Approximate locations containing home damage:
Alabama
Beauregard (Lee County, 62568)
Florida
Baum Road Community (Baum Road and Steeds Run; Leon County, 32317)
Georgia
Cairo (Grady County, 31728, 39827, 39828)
Talbotton (Talbot County, 31827)
NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.
First responders in Lee County, Alabama, were picking through the rubble Monday of a devastating tornado that killed at least 23 people and injured dozens more.
The tornado smashed homes and toppled power lines and a massive steel cell tower. The twister was part of a brutal system packing strong winds that also roared through parts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
“The devastation is incredible,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said. Jones said several people were missing, but that it was not clear whether they actually had fled the area without telling all of their concerned friends and family members.
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