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Already underway. off in the distance you can see utility trucks. they were reinstalling some utility lines that were knocked down during the storm. as we walk over here, you can just see the devastation, the remnants of mobile homes, metallic walls and roofs blown into the trees. here is a mattress that was in one of the bedrooms just in the middle of this tree that was knocked down here. were seeing similar scenes throughout lee county, alabama. a portion of the state where forecasters now bel...

Taylor loved horses and was sweet and innocent. the child storm victims also include the youngest victim, 6-year-old armando hernandez jr. better known as a.j. he was described as happy and outgoing. back to you. >> trace: what are we learning about the recovery efforts on the ground? >> yeah, were here in salem. this morning we saw utility crews come in and quickly restore power lines that have been toppled during the storm. of course, its going to take longer to remove all of this debris. both...

You know, i remember standing in moore, oklahoma, several years back. it was horrific then. and tonight, they say this is the deadliest tornado to hit since then. tonight, communities across the south ravaged. the alabama community of beauregard devastated by two deadly tornadoes that tore through at nearly the same time, taking a similar path, crossing over one another. today, while we were here, investigators on the ground upgrading the deadliest of the two to an ef-4. you just learned that a ...

Your again search for survivors is are under way. >> it was awful. i never seen anything like it before in my life. >> reporter: tornado warnings were issued less than ten minutes before terrifying winds ripped through the area. the government extended the state of emergency. >> we lost children, mothers, fathers, neighbors. >> reporter: the national weather service said this tornado cut a path of destruction about half a mile wide. theres damage as far as the eye can see. several people died in...

Thank you both, again, for being our eyes and ears, helping to inform our viewers. our thoughts, our prayers, sending best wishes to your whole community. lets get over to cnn meteorologist tom sater now in the cnn weather center. tom, this sounds just awful in terms of the damage. we talked to somebody with the national weather service who says preliminarily theyre believing this could have been at least an ef-3 tornado. >> yep. possibly a 4. >> tell us more about that. >> well, the survey crew...

Its side, slammed against the trees. you can see the lunolium floor from the kitchen. once the sun came up, we noticed a pickup truck that had been hit by a couple of trees, as well. we dont know if anyone was inside. of course, we hope no one was there. the search of this area will continue. and as we said, the national weather service is here, as well. they will be surveying today looking at the damage here to determine if this was an ef-4, an ef-5. those will happen starting this morning and ...

Safe. the national weather service saying this was an ef-4, about 170 miles per hour winds. its a monster. were being told you had maybe four minutes from the warning until the actual touchdown of the tornado. what was it like for you and your family, liz? >> well, i heard some noise and i looked out the window. when i looked out the window, i heard it sounded like a train. the wind was blowing. so i told my granddaughters and their mother, i said, get to my room. so we got to my bedroom. we get...

So far the good news for georgia is that there are no reports of any deaths there. georgia governor brian kemp has declared a state of emergency for three counties after the weekends tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in neighborhooding alabama as we told you earlier, at least 23 people died in the same line of deadly storms. this could be an ef-4. were talking about winds of 170-plus miles per hour and you look at the damage, its not just the wind. its the debris that gets caught up in the wind...

Upgraded the power of this tornado that came through here yesterday. >> ef-4. this new information that i want to provide to you right now hot off the presses. estimated wind speed of 170 miles per hour. >> chris darden with the national weather service says this is the deadliest tornado in the u.s. since the twister in moore, oklahoma in 2013. the hardest hit areas of alabama, the tornados path was a mile wide. mobile homes were blown off their foundations and roofs ripped off of single family ...

There tonight. >> the day after the storm, search teams combed through the worst hit communities that were either too dangerous or impossible to reach overnight. >> we are here today to stand with you today, tomorrow, and the days and weeks. >> the national weather service believes that with your that came through yesterday with a powerful ef4. winds of 174 miles an hour. speak of the deadliest tornado in the united states since the oklahoma tornado in 2013. >> a young girl embraces her grandmot...