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| US clean-up after lethal storms |
| Rescue efforts are under way in several states in America's south and mid-west after a series of tornadoes left at least 20 people dead
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 2-March-2007
9:51:47 AM |
| Hardest hit was Alabama, where at least eight people died when a tornado struck a high school building on Thursday.
Nine more people died in Georgia, two of whom were killed when another tornado hit near a regional hospital.
The tornadoes were part of a major storm system that stretched across a swathe of the United States.
The US Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had earlier issued a rare "major severe weather outbreak" warning for the eastern third of the US.
'Direct hit'
Some of the worst of the destruction was reported in Enterprise, Alabama.
Eight teenagers who were inside the local high school died as winds blew out walls and collapsed part of the roof.
"They were in one particular wing which took a direct hit," Enterprise Mayor Kenneth Boswell said.
One other person in Enterprise died and at least 40 people were injured as the tornado, travelling at over 50mph (80km/h), swept through the town.
Alabama Governor Bob Riley, who is to visit the school, has declared a state of emergency and sent 100 National Guard troops to the town.
"Enterprise has suffered major and widespread damage," he said.
A tenth person died in the town of Millers Ferry, in another part of the state, where high winds felled trees and flipped trailers.
Later in the day, at least nine people died in neighbouring Georgia.
Two people were killed and several more injured when a tornado struck near the Sumter regional hospital in Americus, Georgia, the state's emergency management agency said.
It was not clear whether the dead were patients. At the hospital, windows were shattered and cars had been thrown around. The ambulance fleet was reportedly destroyed.
A third person was reported killed in Taylor County, to the north, and six others in the southwest
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue was to fly to the affected areas to assess the damage, his spokesman said.
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