Share any news about our brothers on http://www.jwbrothers.org - We are waiting anxious for any news about our brothers in the latest tornado / storm that hit 05 states in South of USA. The storm death climbs to 193 and 128 in Alabama from a recent public news channel.
The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states jumped to a staggering 193 Thursday after Alabama canvassed its hard-hit counties for a new tally of lives lost.
Alabama's state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 128 deaths, up from at least 61 earlier.
"We expect that toll, unfortunately, to rise," Gov. Robert Bentley told ABC's "Good Morning America."
Mississippi officials reported 32 dead in that state and Tennessee raised its report to 14. Another 11 have been killed in Georgia and eight in Virginia.
The fierce storms Wednesday spawned tornadoes and winds that wiped out homes and businesses, forced a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and prompted the evacuation of a National Weather Service office.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it received 137 tornado reports around the regions, including 66 in Alabama and 38 in Mississippi.
One of the hardest-hit areas was Tuscaloosa, a city of more than 83,000 and home to the University of Alabama. The city's police and other emergency services were devastated, the mayor said, and at least 15 people were killed and about 100 were in a single hospital.
A massive tornado, caught on video by a news camera on a tower, barreled through the city late Wednesday afternoon, leveling it.
By nightfall, the city was dark. Roads were impassable. Signs were blown down in front of restaurants, businesses were unrecognizable and sirens wailed off and on. Debris littered the streets and sidewalks.
College students in a commercial district near campus used flashlights to check out the damage.
"Jesus"? I thought you were supposed to be witnesses?
ejcottier 4 months ago
Amazing how you can see a terrible storm in the not-so-far distance, causing terrible destruction, but at the same time, the trees outside the window were hardly moving.
The1hope4all 9 months ago
praying for you, brothers and sisters.
Ollie22yay 9 months ago
Why title this "JW's in Alabama ?
I pray for my brothers and sisters but also all who were affected by this horrible disaster :(
Tchudilowsky 10 months ago 2
Why are you "anxious"? Don't worry! Be happy! Don't ya'll have 'protection' from the 'guy in the sky'? Your non belief and lack of faith 'slip is showing'. You guys crack me up! XD
yeshuahfullofit 10 months ago
What about non-jehovah witnesses?
blackmediaenterprise 10 months ago
All Brothers and Sister in the states with the bad tornadoes, May Jehovah's spirit be with you, My love to you all from ARIZONA
pknolfig 10 months ago
Brothers and sisters your are most deff in my prayers...May Jehovahs holy spirit be with you in these tough times..With love from Ca, bay area
Monroe1stDiamond 10 months ago
Awesome video. I survived. Luckily I didn't get any tornadoes in my neighborhood, but we did get baseball sized hail. I'm glad you guys made it! (But please don't come knocking on my door for posting this, LOL :) )
ismokedope 10 months ago
Were from Pleasant Grove, it was just terrible !
highlanderhybrid 10 months ago