A house is left missing a roof after a tornado passed through the Eagle Point subdivision in Hoover, Alabama, U.S. March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
(Reuters) - Several powerful tornadoes tore through northern Alabama on Thursday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens of others and destroying entire neighborhoods.
The five confirmed fatalities were in Ohatchee, a town of about 1,200 people in the northwestern corner of the state where a twister ripped apart homes and downed trees and power lines, according to the Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency.
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