Severe storms leave trail of damages across Alabama

FOR AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE DAMAGE WE SAW EARLIER TODAY THERE GETTING A LOT OF DAMAGE REPORTS FROM THAT AREA. SO WVTM 13, ERIN LLEWELLYN IS CHECKING IT OUT FOR US. AARON, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM WHERE YOU’RE AT. YES, IAN. SHERI, WE ARE HERE AT THE CULLMAN COUNTY LIBRARY. I’M GOING TO STEP OUT THE WAY SO I CAN GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE HERE IN THE LIBRARY. SO AGAIN, WE’RE INSIDE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A WALL THAT HAS BEEN BLOWN DOWN. THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF GLASS THAT HAS BEEN BLOWN OUT IN THE WINDOWS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WALL KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL BOOKS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A CARPET OR A RUG THAT IS IN THE DEBRIS HERE. THERE’S ALSO GLASS SCATTERED ACROSS THE FLOOR HERE IN THE LIBRARY AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THOSE BOOKS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER, HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE STILL LEFT. BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THEM ARE ON THE GROUND NOW. WE WERE ABLE TO GET INSIDE HERE SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON OUT HERE. WHEN WE FIRST WALKED UP, WE COULDN’T REALLY SEE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE WINDOWS THAT WERE BLOWN OUT. BUT NOW THAT WE’RE INSIDE, WE SEE AGAIN THERE IS GLASS ON THE FLOOR. ALL OF THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OVER ON THIS SHELF. NOW, THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE COULD SEE THUS FAR. THERE IS GLASS THAT IS KIND OF SCATTERED OUT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S SOME OVER HERE BY THE PRINTER AND THAT KIND OF THING. NOW, THE CULLMAN COUNTY, EMA SAYS THAT THERE WERE WINDS REPORTED OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME HAIL. AND THEY ARE ADVISING PEOPLE THAT THEY STAY AWAY IN THE AREA. THERE ARE A LOT OF DOWNED TREES HERE IN THE CULLMAN COUNTY AREA, SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING THOSE AS WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE STAY SAFE ON THE ROAD. SO THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO NOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES IF THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE OUT RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE HERE SO FAR, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE CAN SEE RIGHT NOW AT THE CULLMAN COUNTY LIBRARY. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THOSE UPDATES AS WE GET THEM. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, W