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This is something -- this community pulls together. this area is -- we had volunteers coming from everywhere earlier this afternoon, wanting to help, just anything they could do at all. people respond well, and we have got a lot of people on-scene here. >> back to our coroner, who is joining us, bill harris. bill, were hearing children may be among the dead. in your experience, have you ever had any experience like this? >> as a matter of fact, back when the tornadoes ripped through north alabam...

Have been completely destroyed. and it appears at this time that we have 14 confirmed fatalities. >> and are you still pulling people out of the rubble, are first responders still looking through the debris? >> a priority, of course, is search and rescue at this time. thats been continuing since the moment the storm passed. were continuing with those efforts now. were hampered, of course, by darkness at this point in time. but we do have some canine teams coming into the area. again, darkness is...

The decedents we do have and get them in touch with the families to let them know what happened. >> and sheriff, what should families do now? >> well, at this point, were trying to make sure that the individuals and residents from this area, they report to their families, let them know theyre okay. thats going to be significant. that will help to narrow down our search efforts if we can locate individuals that lived in this general area and report into us, let us know theyre okay. that would hel...

Tornadoes? >> we issued the warning a few minutes before 2:00, and it looks like within five to eight minutes, the tornado first touched down. and then it continued all the way across lee county to the alabama/georgia state line. >> were told the national weather service is now sending three survey teams to this area. what does the work entail once youre on the ground? >> reporter: well, we want to first establish where the tornado first touched down. then well determine the path length and widt...

In the past? >> this is the most significant damage from a storm that ive seen in lee county in many, many years. im sure it would match up with what we have seen in some other areas in alabama in the last few years. this is not a urban area. it is a rural area, of course. but as far as the damage, what im seeing, its the most ive seen in -- that i can recall. >> you are holding it together in such a good way, i i know you have to in part because of the role that you have for the community there...

Injuries. in fact, they are still pulling injured people out every now and then and transporting them for treatment to the hospital. >> and what are you seeing? >> im not at the scene where all of the destruction is, but ive gotten reports from the people that are out there. my deputy coroners retrieving the decedents. >> i want to bring in as well lee county sheriff, jay jones. i know, sheriff, you are at the scene. walk me through what you have observed and the current state of play, the situa...