{"id":31094,"date":"2012-12-26T12:16:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=31094"},"modified":"2012-12-26T12:16:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T10:16:06","slug":"massive-tornado-hits-mobile-alabama-kill-two-people-us-news-video-31094","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/massive-tornado-hits-mobile-alabama-kill-two-people-us-news-video-31094\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive tornado hits Mobile, Alabama kill two people \/ US News Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tornadoes hit US,\u00a0power lines and trees toppled, and homes damaged by a tornado in Alabama as heavy snow falls across parts of the south.<\/h1>\n

A driver was killed when a high winds knocked down a tree, crushing a pickup truck and a 28-year-old woman died after crashing in snow.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service said a tornado struck Mobile, Alabama, a city with a population of about 200,000. Homes were damaged and power lines and trees were toppled.<\/p>\n

“That’s the main damage that’s being reported so far … not aware at this any time of any injuries or fatalities,” John Kilcullen, director of operations at the Mobile County Emergency Management Agency, said.<\/p>\n

Firefighters carried out door-to-door checks in the affected areas but did not find any serious casualties.<\/p>\n

A large section of a church roof was missing and the front wall of the parish wall was gone, said Scott Rye, a senior warden at the church in the Midtown section of the city.<\/p>\n

“Thank God this didn’t happen last night,” he said, adding that the building had been packed with about 500 worshippers on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

Another apparent tornado caused damage in the west Alabama town of Grove Hill, about 80 miles (130km) north of Mobile.<\/p>\n

Near McNeill, Mississippi, a likely tornado damaged a dozen homes and sent eight people to the hospital, none with life-threatening injuries, said Pearl River County emergency management agency director Danny Manley.<\/p>\n

At least three tornadoes were reported in Texas, although only one building was damaged, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

The storms also contributed to a 21-vehicle pile-up that shut down a major highway in Oklahoma and caused thousands of power cuts.<\/p>\n

More than 400 flights nationwide were cancelled by Tuesday evening, according to the flight tracker FlightAware.com. More than half of those were either in or out of Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport, which saw several inches of snow.<\/p>\n

The snowstorm pushed out of Oklahoma as Christmas Day ended, carrying with it blizzard warnings for parts of northeast Arkansas, where 10 inches (25cm) of snow was forecast.<\/p>\n

Freezing rain clung to trees and utility lines in Arkansas and winds gusts up to 30 mph (48kph) whipped them around, causing about 71,000 customers to lose electricity.<\/p>\n

Blizzard conditions were also possible for parts of Illinois, Indiana and western Kentucky with predictions of four to seven inches (10 to 17.5cm) of snow.<\/p>\n

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