The United States Coast Guard says all four missing crew members of the Golden Ray have been rescued after the cargo vessel tipped on its side in the Port of Brunswick.</s>A Rosalie firefighter helps remove debris from the Rosalie Plaza after a tornado ripped through the town, in Rosalie, Alabama, on Nov. 30, 2016.

Butch Dill / AP</s>Tremendous thunderstorms with ping-pong ball-sized hail and dangerous tornadoes covered much of the Southeast — stretching from Louisiana up through Tennessee — Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

One tornado that tore through the hills of northeast Alabama killed three people and injured four children.

Rosalie, a small unincorporated rural community in Jackson County (about 100 miles northeast of Birmingham, near the state’s shared border with Tennessee and Georgia), was the most deeply affected area.

Three Alabama residents residing in a mobile home in Roslie were killed when the tornado touched down in the community, according to USA Today.

The Macklin Baptist Church, a flat building with rigid siding like a warehouse, and Rosalie Plaza, a gas station and grocery store in a long, red-brick building on AL-71, were both completely destroyed in the storm along with about 15 other structures, according to Rocky Harman, Chief Deputy of Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

In Ider, about 5 miles east, a tornado decimated a 24-hour day care facility, critically injuring four children. Several others at the facility were also injured, Reuters reported.

None of the names of the injured or dead have been released.

Property damage of varying degrees was reported throughout the rest of the state. Currently, AL.com noted, the American Red Cross is helping those in need — whether displaced or lacking power — at a local high school

Alabama Power, the primary power company for the state, reported 3,500 were left without power — mostly in west Alabama, with at least 100 in Birmingham, the state’s most populous city, according to AL.com.

Several schools in Alabama delayed opening, as a tornado watch was in place until 10 a.m.</s>The suspected tornado hit in the small community of Rosalie, Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen said. Another person in the mobile home where the three died was critically injured, Harnen said.

Officials in nearby DeKalb County said the same possible tornado hit a closed day care center in the Ider community, injuring seven people, including three children.

“Those that were injured at the day care center had left their mobile home to seek shelter in the building,” said Anthony Clifton, DeKalb County Emergency Management Director.

Clifton said 50 to 60 homes in the county had been damaged with about half of them destroyed.

Harnen said there were a number of other injuries and estimated that 16 to 20 structures in Jackson County have been destroyed. He could not give an exact number of injuries.

Harnen and Clifton said authorities were searching door to door before dawn Wednesday for any other damage and injuries.

Possible tornadoes were reported across several counties in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash said.

Tornadoes and hail were also reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi. In Mississippi, the National Weather Service in Jackson said late Tuesday that it had counted six confirmed tornadoes so far in the areas of the state it monitors.

The Storm Forecast Center in Norman, Oklahoma, issued a tornado watch from southeast Louisiana to northwest Georgia as a line of severe storm moved southeast Wednesday morning.

National Weather Service offices in Louisiana and Alabama planned to send personnel out Wednesday to check on possible tornados that occurred late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.</s>ROSALIE, Ala. (AP) — A suspected tornado killed three people in Alabama as a line of severe storms moved across the South overnight, authorities said.

The three who died were all in a mobile home in the northeastern Alabama community of Rosalie, Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen told The Associated Press early Wednesday. Another person in the home was critically injured, Harnen said.

Harnen also said there were a number of other injuries and estimated that 16 to 20 structures in the county have been destroyed.

Possible tornadoes were reported across several counties in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash said.

Tornadoes and hail were also reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi. In Mississippi, the National Weather Service in Jackson said late Tuesday that it had counted six confirmed tornadoes so far in the areas of the state it monitors.</s>ROSALIE, Ala. — The death toll from severe storms that moved across the South Tuesday night has risen to five.

An official in Tennessee says two people have been killed and at least nine others injured in severe weather that hit the state overnight.

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener says a husband and wife died and two others were injured in Polk County. He said at least seven injuries were reported in nearby McMinn County. He didn’t have further details on what happened.

Flener says suspected tornadic activity was reported in six counties, all in the southeastern corner of Tennessee.

A possible tornado swept through an area in northeast Alabama, killing three in a mobile home and injuring others as severe storms moved across the South overnight, authorities said.

The suspected tornado hit in the small community of Rosalie, Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen said. Another person in the mobile home where the three died was critically injured, Harnen said.

Officials in nearby DeKalb County said the same possible tornado hit a closed day care center in the Ider community, injuring seven people, including three children.

“Those that were injured at the day care center had left their mobile home to seek shelter in the building,” said Anthony Clifton, DeKalb County Emergency Management Director.

Clifton said 50 to 60 homes in the county had been damaged with about half of them destroyed.

Harnen said there were a number of other injuries and estimated that 16 to 20 structures in Jackson County have been destroyed. He could not give an exact number of injuries.

Harnen and Clifton said authorities were searching door to door before dawn Wednesday for any other damage and injuries.

Possible tornadoes were reported across several counties in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash said.

Tornadoes and hail were also reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi. In Mississippi, the National Weather Service in Jackson said late Tuesday that it had counted six confirmed tornadoes so far in the areas of the state it monitors.

The Storm Forecast Center in Norman, Oklahoma, issued a tornado watch from southeast Louisiana to northwest Georgia as a line of severe storm moved southeast Wednesday morning.

National Weather Service offices in Louisiana and Alabama planned to send personnel out Wednesday to check on possible tornados that occurred late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.</s>ROSALIE, Ala. — A suspected tornado killed three people in Alabama as a line of severe storms moved across the South overnight, authorities said.

The three who died were all in a mobile home in the northeastern Alabama community of Rosalie, Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen told The Associated Press early Wednesday. Another person in the home was critically injured, Harnen said.

Harnen also said there were a number of other injuries and estimated that 16 to 20 structures in the county have been destroyed. He could not give an exact number of injuries. The suspected tornado affected an area of homes and businesses that covered nearly half a mile, Harnen said.

Harnen also said authorities were searching door to door before dawn Wednesday for any other damage.

Possible tornadoes were reported across several counties in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash said.

Tornadoes and hail were also reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi. In Mississippi, the National Weather Service in Jackson said late Tuesday that it had counted six confirmed tornadoes so far in the areas of the state it monitors.</s>Storms that spawned deadly winds have dumped more than 2 inches of rain across much of north Alabama, causing floods after months of drought.

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for much of north Alabama on Wednesday while storms were still dousing the region with heavy rains.

Police in the northwest Alabama city of Florence put out barriers to block roads that flooded with as much as 2 feet of water when fallen leaves clogged blocked drainage during torrential downpours. The weather service says streams were cresting in western Alabama after as much as 4 inches of rain.

The entire state is locked in a severe drought and some areas haven't had measurable rain for more than two months before the storms moved through.

The state climatologist, John Christy, says more than 1 inch of rain is needed weekly to end the drought.

Five people were killed in Alabama and Tennessee as the line of storms moved across the South, spawning suspected tornadoes.

The death toll from severe storms that moved across the South overnight has risen to five.

An official in Tennessee says two people have been killed and at least nine others injured in severe weather that hit the state overnight.

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener says a husband and wife died and two others were injured in Polk County. He said at least seven injuries were reported in nearby McMinn County. He didn't have further details on what happened.

Flener says suspected tornadic activity was reported in six counties, all in the southeastern corner of Tennessee.

Across the state line, three people were killed in northeastern Alabama when a suspected tornado hit a mobile home in Jackson County.

Authorities say three people have been killed as a line of storms and possible tornadoes moved across northern Alabama overnight.

Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen tells The Associated Press the three killed were all in a mobile home in Rosalie in northeast Alabama. Another person in the home was critically injured.

Harnen also said early Wednesday that there have been a number of other injuries and estimated that 16 to 20 structures in Jackson County have been destroyed.</s>Possible tornadoes swept through parts of Alabama and Tennessee overnight, killing five people and injuring more than a dozen as heavy rains from storms moving across the South produced flooding in areas previously suffering from months of drought.

 

 Possible tornadoes were reported across several counties in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee, National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Nash said.

 

 Three people were killed and one person was critically injured in a mobile home in the small northern Alabama town of Rosalie when an apparent tornado hit about midnight Tuesday, said Jackson County Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen. The same possible tornado hit a closed day care centre in the Ider community, injuring seven people, including three children, who had left their mobile home to seek shelter, said Anthony Clifton, DeKalb County Emergency Management Director.

 

 Authorities said dozens of buildings had been damaged or destroyed in the state.

 

 In southern Tennessee, an apparent tornado also was responsible for the death of a husband and wife in Polk County, while an unknown number of others were injured, said Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Dean Flener. No further details were immediately available.

 

 The storms tore through just as firefighters began to get raging wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, under control after they wiped out hundreds of buildings, including homes, and in Alabama dumped more than 2 inches of rain in areas that had been parched by months of drought.

 

 Tornadoes and hail were also reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi. In Mississippi, the National Weather Service in Jackson said late Tuesday that it had counted six confirmed tornadoes so far in the areas of the state it monitors.

 

 The Storm Forecast Center in Norman, Oklahoma, issued a tornado watch from southeast Louisiana to northwest Georgia as a line of severe storm moved southeast Wednesday morning.

 

 National Weather Service offices in Louisiana and Alabama planned to send personnel out Wednesday to check on possible tornados that occurred late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.</s>Emergency management staff are assessing the damage from storms Monday and Tuesday in the Golden Triangle area as utility providers work to restore minimal power outages across Oktibbeha County.

Three homes were damaged in the Oktoc community, according to Oktibbeha County E-911 Director Shank Phelps. Roof damage was reported, and there were no injuries from the storms, he added.

"We did have some wind damage in the area," Phelps said.

County E-911 staff ask residents to report any structural or property damage to the emergency management office on Main Street, or call 662-338-1076 to notify authorities of any damage.

"If there's been damage, we want to know about it," Phelps said.

A team from the National Weather Service is set to investigate the damage further on Wednesday afternoon, according to Phelps.

Following Monday's storms, crews from 4-County Electric worked to solve 59 outages in the county, and later dealt with seven outages from Tuesday's strong rains and winds.

Within city limits, crews from Starkville Utilities restored an outage impacting businesses along Highway 12 on Monday. No outages were reported in Starkville on Tuesday, according to Starkville Utilities General Manager Terry Kemp.

"We had two residential calls [Tuesday] for blown fuses, but no real problems," Kemp added.

State emergency management officials reported widespread power outages in Calhoun County and residential home damage in Grenada, Scott and Winston counties. Damage assessments will continue by county emergency managers, according to MEMA.

Possible tornadoes hit parts of Alabama and Tennessee Tuesday evening, killing five people and injuring more than a dozen. Three were killed and one person critically injured in a mobile home in Rosalie, Alabama. In southern Tennessee, a tornado was responsible for the death of a Polk County couple.

The NWS also sent personnel out on Wednesday to check on possible tornadoes that occurred Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning across Alabama and Tennessee.
Three people are dead after a tornado hits in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Alabama. Four other people are injured in neighboring De Kalb County.