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Rescuers search for survivors of Alabama tornadoes

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., (December 17) - Emergency crews in Alabama picked their way through mangled houses and uprooted power lines on Sunday in a search for survivors of tornadoes that swept through the state, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens of others.

The relief effort was most intense just south of the Alabama city of Tuscaloosa, where national guard troops sealed off a sprawling mobile home trailer park which was flattened by a powerful tornado Saturday afternoon.

Many of those killed were found in the park, located about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Birmingham.

Tornadoes also struck other parts of Alabama, destroying scores of homes in Geneva and Dale counties, near the Alabama-Florida border, and in rural Etowah and Limestone counties in the northern part of the state.

Bent and twisted sheets of corrugated iron were scattered in the wake of the tornado. Many houses were reduced to skeletal frames open to the sky, others had been smashed to kindling.

The man was later pronounced dead.

Some 31 injured residents in the Tuscaloosa area were transported to local hospitals. At least four people remained in critical condition in a hospital in Tuscaloosa.

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Rescuers search for survivors of Alabama tornadoes TUSCALOOSA, Ala., (December 17) - Emergency crews in Alabama picked their way through mangled houses and uprooted power lines on Sunday in a search for survivors of tornadoes that swept through the state, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens of others. The relief effort was most intense just south of the Alabama city of Tuscaloosa, where national guard troops sealed off a sprawling mobile home trailer park which was flattened by a powerful tornado Saturday afternoon. Many of those killed were found in the park, located about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Birmingham. Tornadoes also struck other parts of Alabama, destroying scores of homes in Geneva and Dale counties, near the Alabama-Florida border, and in rural Etowah and Limestone counties in the northern part of the state. Bent and twisted sheets of corrugated iron were scattered in the wake of the tornado. Many houses were reduced to skeletal frames open to the sky, others had been smashed to kindling. The man was later pronounced dead. Some 31 injured residents in the Tuscaloosa area were transported to local hospitals. At least four people remained in critical condition in a hospital in Tuscaloosa.		This page is Under heavy construction. Please come back soon!