Worste Tornado Disaster in the US

[shadowkat]

The news just reported that yesterday was the worst tornado disaster in decades to hit the US. They ripped across 6 states across the South(Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina amongst them). 164 tornados in less than 24 hours, 263 deaths, at least half million without power in the state of Alabama.
One tore a path over a 100 miles long. Whole neighborhoods demolished. State of Alabama was the hardest hit. This is the greatest number of tornadoes and the worst we've seen in decades.
Flattened towns.

Go here: http://www.josic.com/tornadoes-tear-through584-the-south-killing-245

The tornado that hit Tuscaloosa was reportedly a mile or more wide, and took out power to over 50,000 homes. Governor Robert Bentley has pledged the full resources of the state including use of the Alabama National guard. Tuscaloosa currently remains under weather watch.

http://youtu.be/hMWiBTx1kIs

Comments

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

About a third of the people in my office didn't have power last night or today. And my nephew goes to UA. They've now canceled the rest of the semester and graduation (and he was supposed to graduate). They're allowed to graduate in August, but there will be no May/June graduation. On the brighter side, he can come home and his parents have water and power.