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Violent storms hit Albany, Ga., causing more deaths, injuries

By The Associated Press
Posted 6:42PM on Sunday 22nd January 2017 ( 7 years ago )

An emergency management official says more people have been killed as violent storms tear across southern Georgia.

Sebon Burns, chief deputy emergency management director for Georgia's Dougherty County, said "fatalities and a lot of injuries" have been reported since an apparent tornado cut a path through the county Sunday afternoon.

Burns said he could not give even an estimate for how many people died.

Earlier Sunday the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported 12 total deaths had been confirmed in three other Georgia counties after storms hit before dawn Sunday.

A wide area of Georgia and parts of South Carolina and Florida remained under tornado watches Sunday evening.

Marilyn Bullard walks through what used to be the living room of her parents home that was damaged by a tornado, Sunday in Adel, Ga. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) Contact Editor

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