SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — Andy Allred may face months of clean-up following a strong twister that carved an eight-mile path through rural Chattooga County Sunday morning, but across the region there is a sense that the area escaped relatively unscathed.
“We are very lucky. Those people in Mississippi are planning funerals today,” Mr. Allred said, surveying his yard littered with shards of wood that were once part of his garage. “We just have to clean up now.”
Elsewhere, the weekend storm killed 12 people. In Mississippi, nearly 700 homes were damaged, 49 people injured and 10 killed. Two others died in weather-related accidents in Alabama.
Near Mentone, Ala., seven people sought hospital treatment after a tornado blasted a trailer park. Mentone Police Chief Lamar Bray said nine of 11 homes in the park were destroyed.