There are reports of damage to homes and churches in Birmingham.
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Green said she was unsure of whether any neighbors had been injured or killed down the block where several homes were destroyed. Police and fire crews canvassed the area Friday night as lightning illuminated the scope of the damage. “I just laid down and just kept praying”. “Mikes and p.a. systems of that magnitude that we know someone would go in and take”, he said. There was one reported injury. Dozens of families have been left homeless, and search efforts have been hampered with so many people away for the holidays.
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“‘Many parts of Alabama have experienced excessive rainfall and flooding is a major concern, ‘ Governor Robert Bentley said”.
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Lt. Sean Edwards, a Birmingham police spokesman, said trees were down and people were trapped inside damaged houses.
As of 6:45 pm, the severe weather threat looks to be subsiding, but Alabama will continue to watch for the chance of severe weather for the rest of the evening.
This comes after two possible tornados on Christmas Day outside Birmingham, Alabama. The service confirms a tornado touched down in southwest Jefferson County about 5 p.m. Friday, moving northeast toward the city of Birmingham. The funnel was spotted by witnesses outside the city about 5pm Friday. Sporadic damage was reported around the Mercedes Plant.
Holmes said reports of tornado activity in Bibb County, also southwest of Birmingham, have not been confirmed.
Ruthie Green, resident of a working class neighborhood in downtown Brimingham, said she ran to a closet when a tornado warning came up on her iPad.
But that didn’t stop some from spending their Christmas giving rather than receiving.
Among the dead was a 7-year-old boy in Holly Springs, Mississippi, according to Mayor Kelvin Buck.
But many they said they were thankful to be alive.
Steve Swann, the agency’s logistic head, told WMC-TV (http://bit.ly/1kjOSMr) that he and his wife, Audrey, helped with the giveaway.
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Flash flood warnings and flood warnings were in place for areas near Birmingham until 10:15 a.m. CST Saturday.
