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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. we're seeing similar scenes throughout lee county, alabama. a portion of the state where forecasters now believe was a powerful ef4 tornado packing winds of 170 miles an hour came through here on sunday. aga...

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, we're 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, it's going to take longer to remove all of this debris. both the structural debris and the downed trees and longer to rebuild these structures. from the air, ...

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 short time ago. >> yes. >> reporter: an ef-4. >> that's correct. >> reporter: winds of 170 miles per...

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. there's damage as far as the eye can see. several people died in this neighborhood. and the devastation is overwhelming. >> everybody in this house is dead. >> rep...

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. let's 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 they're believing this could have been at least an ef-3 tornado. >> yep. possibly a 4. >> tell us more about that. >> well, the survey crews are going to go out and look at that damage tomorrow. it could be an ef-4, too, possibly. but wh...