A coroner warns that more than a dozen people may be missing after back-to-back tornadoes leave at least 23 dead in Alabama. Follow updates:
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris speaks to CNN after deadly tornadoes strike Alabama.Lee County coroner Bill Harris told CNN's New Day that more than a dozen people may not be accounted for.Harris cautioned that this number could change, as it includes tornado victims who may have fled from the storm and just haven't been able to check in with family yet.
The powerful tornadoes that plowed through Lee County in Alabama and killed at least 23 people left a path of destruction that looked"as if someone had taken a blade and just scraped the ground," the county sheriff said Monday. It appears that some people had only a five-minute warning Sunday afternoon before tornadoes ripped through the region.
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