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Sturdy storms able to tornadoes are sweeping throughout the Southeast and the Ohio Valley on Thursday, already leaving constructing and tree harm within the morning and threatening extra destruction because the day progresses.

In northern Alabama significantly, accidents and harm have been reported in Morgan County southeast of Huntsville, authorities stated.

“Harm and accidents (had been) reported alongside (Freeway) 20 in Decatur. Downed energy strains and bushes additionally reported,” the Morgan County Sheriff’s Workplace stated on Fb.

The variety of individuals injured or the extent of the accidents weren’t instantly clear. CNN has reached out to the sheriff’s workplace for particulars. The Nationwide Climate Service preliminarily attributed the Decatur harm to sturdy winds.

Greater than 37 million individuals within the Southeast and the Ohio Valley – from Louisiana eastward to the Carolinas and from Kentucky south to the Gulf Coast – are beneath some degree of menace for extreme storms Thursday that would embody damaging wind gusts and tornadoes, the Storm Prediction Middle stated.

A number of twister watches are in impact, together with for elements of Mississippi and northern Alabama till 1 p.m. CT; for different sections of Mississippi and southern Alabama till 5 p.m. CT; and for elements of southeastern Tennessee, far western North Carolina and northwestern Georgia till 5 p.m. ET.

Thursday’s best threat of extreme storms – an “enhanced” threat, or degree 3 of 5 – is predicted for greater than 10 million individuals over elements of Alabama and Georgia, together with the Birmingham, Montgomery and Atlanta areas, the prediction middle stated.

Concerning timing: Extreme storms are particularly attainable within the Birmingham and Montgomery areas by early afternoon, and the Atlanta space within the late afternoon.d

Harm reviews throughout the Southeast and the Ohio Valley had been piling up Thursday morning as storms progressed.

Preliminary twister reviews had been made within the morning in northwestern Alabama’s Winston County and western Alabama’s Sumter County, with constructing harm reported in each counties, the climate service stated.

Wind harm to bushes and buildings additionally had been reported in almost a dozen areas throughout Kentucky earlier than midday, the climate service stated.

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