Alabama Tornadoes Wreak Havoc
The Associated Press
Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000; 4:08 p.m. EST
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– Tornadoes destroyed homes and overturned cars in
several areas of Alabama on Saturday and more than two dozen people were
reported injured.
At least one person was killed in Tuscaloosa, said Debbie Watson,
spokeswoman for the Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency.
Twisters struck just before noon in the state's rural southeastern
corner, then hit Tuscaloosa and the northern part of the state as lines
of thunderstorms swept across the South.
The Tuscaloosa twister struck a subdivision, Watson said. The National
Weather Service said there was extensive damage. Twenty-one people were
injured, according to broadcast reports.
Another tornado hit Geneva, near the Alabama-Florida line, said Mayor
Warren Beck. He said vehicles were overturned and homes were destroyed.
Geneva County Emergency Management Agency director Margaret Mixon said
eight people were injured, two of them severely.
That tornado also damaged about a half-dozen homes in Dale County,
destroying a peanut mill at Abbeville and damaging a textile mill,
authorities said.
Dale County Commissioner Buddy Stapleton said he counted about a
half-dozen homes hit near Newton.
In northern Alabama, about eight homes were reported destroyed and trees
and power lines were toppled in Limestone County.
© Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
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