Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The official number of deaths from the April 27 tornadoes that ripped across Alabama has been raised from 241 to 243 with the addition of two people who died in DeKalb County.
A spokesman for the Alabama Department of Emergency Management, Brian Corbett, said Thursday the addition of the two DeKalb County deaths raised the number of deaths attributed to the storms to 35 in DeKalb County and 243 statewide.
The Birmingham News reported that added to the toll were the deaths of 71-year-old Eddie Joe Bobbitt and 50-year-old Carol Lisa Fox, both of Rainsville in DeKalb County. Bobbitt died after falling down steps after storms knocked out his electricity. Fox died after losing her electricity in the storm and had no refrigerated insulin to control her diabetes.
A spokesman for the Alabama Department of Emergency Management, Brian Corbett, said Thursday the addition of the two DeKalb County deaths raised the number of deaths attributed to the storms to 35 in DeKalb County and 243 statewide.
The Birmingham News reported that added to the toll were the deaths of 71-year-old Eddie Joe Bobbitt and 50-year-old Carol Lisa Fox, both of Rainsville in DeKalb County. Bobbitt died after falling down steps after storms knocked out his electricity. Fox died after losing her electricity in the storm and had no refrigerated insulin to control her diabetes.
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