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7 Dead as Tornadoes Rip Through South, Governors Declare State of Emergency

By Katabella Roberts

At least six people have died in central Alabama, and a seventh person was killed in Georgia after a powerful storm and tornadoes ripped through the South on Thursday.

A tornado claimed the lives of six people in Autauga County, Ala., 41 miles (66 kilometers) northeast of Selma, while around 40 homes were damaged or destroyed by a tornado, Ernie Baggett, the county’s emergency management director, confirmed to Weather.com.

Baggett added that most of the deaths had occurred in mobile homes, and the communities of Marbury and Old Kingston had been the hardest hit by the tornado, which cut a path of about 20 miles (32 kilometers) across the rural communities.

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