FULTONDALE, Ala. (AP) — Search and rescue efforts continue in Alabama, where officials say a tornado killed a 14-year-old boy sheltering with his family in the basement of their home. The storm blew down a tree and trapped them in the basement Monday night. Fultondale police Chief D.P. Smith says several other family members were critically injured. The tornado left a swath of destruction 10 miles long in the suburbs north of Birmingham. Fire Chief Justin McKenzie says 30 people were injured. The school superintendent says Fultondale High was so heavily damaged, he doubts students will be able to return to classrooms this year.
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Retired firefighter Clyde Crump yells for help while working at the home of his daughter and son-in-law on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, after it was destroyed by a tornado that hit Fultondale, Ala. The family survived by huddling in a basement storm shelter. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Posted at 2:00 AM, Jan 26, 2021
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