A tornado reportedly leveled homes and several people are trapped in Troup County, Georgia, Sunday around the towns of West Point and LaGrange, as severe weather piles on the region.
The Weather Channel meteorologist Jennifer Watson cited local EMA in tweeting Sunday about multiple injuries reported from the tornado that moved south of LaGrange, Ga. this morning. She also noted reports of homes leveled and that parts of highways I-85 and 185 were closed due to trees and damage.Another social media user speculated that the projected path of the tornado suggested the Kia Assembly Plant in West Point, Ga., could take a"direct hit.
Fox News Digital reached out to Georgia Emergency Management and Kia Georgia for more information but did not hear back before publication. This comes as President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi early Sunday, making federal funding available to the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S. At least
and dozens of others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through several towns on its hour-long path. One man was killed after his trailer home flipped several times in Alabama.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSearch and recovery crews on Sunday resumed the daunting task of digging through the debris of flattened and battered homes, commercial buildings and municipal offices after hundreds of people were displaced.
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