Death toll from Alabama tornadoes likely to rise as search resumes

Rescuers in Alabama stepped up the search for survivors Monday after two back-to-back tornadoes ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further. "The devastation is incredible," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate. "I cannot recall at least in the last 50 years ... a situation where we have had this loss of life," Jones said.

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