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At least 23 dead as tornadoes rip through Alabama

By Zach Halaschak
Published March 4, 2019 5:32pm ET
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At least 23 dead as tornadoes rip through Alabama
Debris from a home litters a yard the day after a tornado blew it off its foundation, lower right, in Beauregard, Ala., Monday, March 4, 2019. | (David Goldman/AP)

At least 23 people are dead after tornadoes tore through southeast Alabama Sunday afternoon.

A state of emergency is in effect across Alabama as crews struggle to sort through the rubble left in the wake of the twisters. Dozens of people were also injured during the tornadoes, primarily in Lee County, Alabama.

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