A strong storm swept through the Southeast on Thursday, resulting in debris being strewn across roads, cars flipped, and injuries to 10-15 people in Morgan County, Alabama.
The injuries are all considered non-life-threatening so far, but the storm caused damage to numerous buildings, county sheriff’s spokesman Mike Swafford told CNN. Streets and fields were filled with debris and downed power lines in the community of Decatur, Alabama.
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In Mississippi’s Monroe County, several rural buildings were also flattened or seriously damaged after a storm hit on Thursday morning, according to video from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. No injuries have been reported in Mississippi.
More than 35 million people in the Southeast are under the threat of severe storms, which include tornadoes, the Storm Prediction Center said. States from Louisiana to both Carolinas are included in the storm threat, including Florida.
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The West Coast was also hit by severe storms last week, and earlier this week, with the San Francisco and Santa Cruz areas hit by a bomb cyclone over the weekend. The storms in California have caused at least 14 deaths so far and triggered a statewide disaster declaration. Some counties were ordered to evacuate amid the unprecedented downpour.
