Still and video images showed trees that had been snapped in two, debris-strewn roads and wrecked houses in the wake of the storm.
WASHINGTON, United States - Rescuers in Alabama were set to resume search operations Monday after at least two tornadoes killed 23 people, uprooted trees and caused "catastrophic" damage to buildings and roads in the southern US state.
Search operations for those still missing were halted on Sunday night due to hazardous conditions, but Jones added they would resume on Monday morning.The swath of destruction left was 0.4 kilometres wide and stretched for the "several miles that it travelled on the ground," according to Jones. Television images showed the heavy rain had relented by dusk but many roads in the worst-hit areas were left littered with debris and unpassable.
"My sister and niece have been under tornado watch and warnings all day in Montgomery... Prayers up for Alabama," Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ava Duvernay tweeted."To the great people of Alabama and surrounding areas: Please be careful and safe," he wrote on Twitter.
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