Late last month, Texas along with Mississippi and Louisiana were slammed with tornadoes that left at least one person dead.ĬNN’s Mallika Kalingal, Dave Alsup, Mike Saenz, Gene Norman and Rebekah Riess contributed to this report. The relentless severe weather was also responsible for storm-related injuries and rescues due to the fast-moving floodwaters in multiple states. The National Weather Service has released preliminary data suggesting that damage in parts of Paulding County and even Cobb County were the result of a tornado. At least three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the division added. Trees came down and there was a leak in the gym, Griffin-Spalding School District spokesperson Adam Pugh said. In South Carolina, the town of Monetta saw an EF-2 tornado that delivered estimated maximum winds of 130 mph, the National Weather Service confirmed.įour homes were destroyed and five others saw major damage in Allendale County, South Carolina, where suspected tornadoes were reported, the state emergency management division said. In Georgia, a possible tornado damaged Griffin High School in Griffin, south of Atlanta. Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News/USA TODAY NETWORK/Imagn Chris Hodge, of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, talks with Mike Fox as he sits surrounded by the remains of his home in the Park Place neighborhood of Ellabell, Georgia. Later that same day, a man in Georgia died when a tornado rolled through Bryan County.Īnd in Webster Parish, Louisiana, a man died early Tuesday when his car crashed into a downed tree, state police said.Ĭapt. On Tuesday, a man was killed in East Texas where a tree fell on an RV in the Whitehouse community, according to the Smith County emergency management coordinator. On Wednesday, two tornadoes were seen around Valdosta, Georgia, during the evening hours. Multiple rounds of severe and deadly weather have gripped the South in recent days, killing at least three people. South grapples with back-to-back outbreaks Storms also affected air travel in Florida, according to the FAA, with delays reported in Orlando, Miami and Tampa on Thursday afternoon. Griffin-Spalding County Schools will be closed to students Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as the area works to restore power and clean up tornado damage, the. Kennedy International Airport and nearby Newark Liberty International Airport. An EF-1 with maximum winds of 105 mph traveled 7.6 miles from Percy Priest Lake in Davidson County to Mt. The severe weather system caused thousands of flight delays, according to Federal Aviation Administration data.įlights bound for New York’s LaGuardia Airport had to be halted and there were delays at John F. Local NWS confirms at least 3 tornadoes touched down across Georgia on Thursday By News Staff Januat 3:15 pm EST NOW PLAYING ABOVE NWS assessing damage in Troup. The tornado was 175 yards wide and its path was 5.3 miles.
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