Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said children are among the 22 people killed by powerful tornadoes that struck eastern Alabama on Sunday.
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Jones said the ages of the dead hadn't been fully determined."We do have some children, unfortunately," he said, adding that the number of deaths was expected to rise.After nightfall Sunday, the rain had stopped and pieces of metal debris and tree branches littered roadways in Beauregard. Two sheriff's vehicles blocked reporters and others from reaching the worst-hit area. Power appeared to be out in many places.
"We've done everything we feel like we can do this evening," he said."The area is just very, very hazardous to put anybody into at this point in time."
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