Drone video shows how 120 mph winds from an EF-2 tornado near Winterboro, Alabama flipped a school bus onto the high school gym.
DOTHAN, Ala. – A possible tornado endangered students at a school in Dothan, Alabama, on Monday as storms tore across the Southeast.
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Florida, issued a Tornado Warning for the afternoon storm, referencing that 23 schools could be in its path.
“Students are safe at Dothan Prep,” a statement from the Dothan Police Department on Facebook read. “Injuries are being addressed by Dothan Fire. Please wait to get children due to debris in the roads.”
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FILE – A lightning bolt strikes the ground in this 2015 image.
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Authorities said the school district had started early dismissal, and buses would not be running for Dothan Preparatory Academy. Officials said parents should make arrangements to pick up their children.
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