At least 23 people are dead following tornadoes that struck the Beauregard community south of Auburn-Opelika in Lee County March 3.
In a press conference this morning (March 4), Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones described the damage as “catastrophic” and said search and rescue teams are working in the areas hit hardest by the storms.
“I have not seen this level of destruction ever,” Jones said, noting the debris field stretches for hundreds of yards and the damage area is “at least a square mile.”
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