• 213+ people killed by storms throughout the South

• 131+ were killed by severe storms in Alabama alone
• 32+ were killed by severe storms in nearby Mississippi

• 12+ people were killed by storms in Georgia
• 30+ people were killed by the storms in Tennessee
• 8+ people were killed as far north as Virginia source

• » An unprecedented toll: In Alabama in particular, where Tuscaloosa took incredibly strong damage from the storm and many died in Birmingham, officials were still trying to wrap their heads around the disaster. “I would be pretty sure about saying we’ve never had 128 people die in one day,” said Yasamie August, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency’s information manager. (The number’s jumped since she spoke.) “It’s going to be difficult to get an accurate count of damage or injuries at this point. Many people can’t get to a hospital.”

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