Multiple tornadoes tear across US south-east causing deaths and wreckage

Multiple twisters in Alabama sprang from super cell' of storms that moved into Georgia and may continue to Tennessee

Blaring tornado sirens and howling winds roared across parts of western Georgia early on Friday as severe storms pounded southern states.

In Alabama at least five people died, and at least one person has died in Georgia, in twisters that wrecked homes, splintered trees and crumpled businesses.