At least six people were killed Thursday, January 12 during the passage of a tornado in the center of the American state of Alabama, said the emergency services.
The devastating weather phenomenon then continued its path in the neighboring state of Georgia, where the National Weather Service (NWS) maintained tornado warnings in effect in the early evening.
The six people killed were in Autauga County, deputy director of the county's emergency services Gary Weaver confirmed to AFP.
Tornadoes, a meteorological phenomenon as impressive as they are difficult to predict, are relatively common in the United States, especially in the center and south of the country.
The southern United States had already been bereaved at the end of November, during the passage of 36 tornadoes which had killed two people in Alabama overnight.