A huge tornado that swept through the city of Selma, Alabama on Thursday caused “significant damage,“ the mayor of Selma said - one of more than a dozen reports of tornadoes made in that state alone as severe storms swept through the southeast, causing several people were injured. A “large and extremely dangerous tornado“ in Selma, confirmed by the National Weather Service, struck the city at 12:19 p.m. CT and continued eastward, the service said. “Please refrain from traveling on the roads and stay away from power lines,” the mayor wrote. What appeared to be a huge funnel cloud passed through the area, according to images shared by Mike Pitts. After he passed, the photographs showed houses without roofs, other roofs without tiles, and roads littered with piles of debris. The storm tore apart the house of a resident, but no one was hurt. She took refuge in the bathroom with her mother. “All we heard was the wind and the whole house was shaking The Selma t
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