Rescue teams were searching for missing people in central Alabama on Friday (January 13) and the death toll was expected to climb, local officials said.
Tornado survivor films destruction of Alabama town
STORY: Aqutia Bennett posted video on social media of her neighborhood post-tornado. Many trees were uprooted and the remains of homes were strewn across the ground. Off-camera, Bennett explained that one of the destroyed homes belonged to her mother but that everyone had survived.