A tornado caused “catastrophic” damage and killed 14 people in the southern US state of Alabama on.
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said in a video posted on Facebook “Fourteen people along with the youngest victim of age six, have been killed and more are missing after at least two tornadoes struck in Alabama.”
According to Jones, the swath of destruction caused by the storm was a quarter mile (0.4 kilometers) wide and stretched for the “several miles that it traveled on the ground”.
President Donald Trump has tweeted to Alabama residents to be safe in the wake of deadly storms.
Trump wrote, “To the great people of Alabama and surrounding areas: Please be careful and safe. Tornadoes and storms were truly violent and more could be coming.”
To the great people of Alabama and surrounding areas: Please be careful and safe. Tornadoes and storms were truly violent and more could be coming. To the families and friends of the victims, and to the injured, God bless you all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2019
The East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika said that it was treating more than 40 patients as a result of the tornado and expects to receive more.
