A natural disaster in the U.S. state of Alabama headlines our show today.
Lee County which in the eastern part of the state, was struck by tornadoes on Sunday afternoon.
Just before 3 o'clock eastern time, the area received its first tornado warning,
an official alert that means a tornado has been seen or identified by radar.
The first report of damage in Lee County came just five minutes later
indicating that people there had barely any time at all to take shelter.
There was a second tornado warning about half an hour later and more reports of damage 13 minutes after that.
The National Weather Service says in all at least 12 tornadoes touched down in Alabama and Georgia on Sunday.
Lee County, Alabama's Sheriff Jay Jones called the destruction catastrophic.
Houses completely destroyed. Homes that basically just slabs left where once stood a home. Massive damage.
Some of the specific areas, the contents of Warren residents, we know for a fact was located over 1,000 yards away.
At least 23 people were killed. It was Alabama's deadliest day for tornadoes since 2011.
Dozens of homes were lost. Businesses were damaged. Parts of a school were hit.
A shelter was set up on Sunday at a local Baptist church and dozens of people took advantage of it.
Across the state border in Talbot County, Georgia emergency officials say
at least 15 structures were destroyed, including an apartment building and some homes.
The pastor of a church there says it hit so quickly that people couldn't have planned for it.
今天首先来关注袭击美国阿拉巴马州的一起自然灾害。
位于该州东部地区的李郡在周日下午遭遇龙卷风袭击。
美国东部时间快到3点时，该地区收到首个龙卷风预警，
正式预警表明龙卷风已经出现或已被雷达发现。
预警发布仅5分钟之后，李郡出现首个损害报告，
当地居民几乎没有躲避时间。
大约半个小时之后，第二个龙卷风预警发布，13分钟之后出现更多损害报告。
美国国家气象局表示，周日一共有至少12个龙卷风登陆阿拉巴马州和乔治亚州。
阿拉巴马州李郡警长杰伊・琼斯称这是灾难性的破坏。
房屋完全被毁。房屋遭袭后只剩下楼板。破坏非常严重。
一些地区发现了沃伦居民的物品，而我们知道这个地区在1000多码之外。
龙卷风造成至少23人死亡。这是自2011年以来龙卷风在阿拉巴马州制造的最致命一天。
数十座房屋被毁。企业也受到了损害。一所学校的部分区域遭遇袭击。
周日，当地一座浸礼会教堂搭建了一个避难所，数十名民众前往该处避难。
跨越州界来到乔治亚州塔尔伯特郡，当地应急官员表示，
龙卷风造成至少15座建筑被毁，包括一座公寓楼和多座房屋。
当地一所教堂的牧师说，龙卷风来袭的速度非常快，以致人们无法应对。
