BREAKING: at least 14 dead, many injured in large tornado in Ala.

At least 14 people are confirmed dead and "many, many" injured by a large tornado that destroyed several southeast Alabama homes Sunday, officials said.

WSFA reported that the Lee County sheriff said the fatalities occurred during at least two tornadoes that hit the county.

An 8-year-old girl in Beauregard is among the dead, according to the news outlet.

Bill Harris, the Lee County Coroner, said on Sunday evening that he expects more bodies to be found and the number of deaths to rise as search crews comb through rubble and debris. About 150 first responders were called to the scene.

“We’ve still got people being pulled out of rubble. We’re going to be here all night,” Harris said.

Alabama Emergency Management Agency spokesman Gregory Robinson said no deaths have been reported in the state beyond Lee County.

The deaths and injuries occurred in the community of Beauregard in Lee County, an area in the eastern part of the state near the Georgia line, Rita Smith with the Lee County Emergency Management Agency told The Associated Press.

Smith said multiple homes have been destroyed or damaged in Beauregard, a community about 60 miles east of Montgomery.

Meteorologist Meredith Wyatt with the Birmingham, Alabama office of the National Weather Service said radar and video evidence showed what looked like a large tornado crossing the area near Beauregard shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday.

The Weather Channel reported that nearly 26,000 customers were without power in Georgia early Sunday evening; another 16,500 had no electricity in Alabama.

Numerous tornado warnings were posted across parts of Alabama and Georgia on Sunday as a severe storm system churned across the Deep South.

This is a developing story and was reported by AP.


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