A series of 40 tornados have killed at least 8 people across the US states of Alabama and Georgia.
A series of tornados devastated the American south on Thursday, killing at least eight people in two states
Ernie Baggett, the county’s Emergency Management Administration director, said that seven people were killed by the twister. Another 12 were hospitalized with serious injuries. The governor declared a state of emergency as the communities assessed the damage. ‘My prayers are with their loved ones and communities. We are far too familiar with devastating weather, but our people are resilient. We will get through it and be stronger for it.’Residents clean up a damaged home in Prattville, Alabama In Georgia, a five-year-old child was killed when a tree was uprooted and thrown onto a vehicle in the town of Jackson.
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