83-year-old man killed when tornado destroys Talladega County mobile home
An 83-year-old Talladega County man is the third person known to have died as severe weather struck Alabama Saturday night.
Coroner Shaddix Murphy identified the victim as Harry Leon Faine.
Faine was in his mobile home on Bob White Road, which is about a half mile from Winterboro High School, across Highway 21.
“He was in his mobile home, and it looked like a tornado came right over his property,’’ Murphy said.
“It destroyed his home, and he was found about 200 feet from the residence.”
Murphy said the storm hit about 9:30 p.m. and Faine was found dead about 11 p.m.
He said he was not aware of any other injuries but said there was a clear swath of damage in the area where Faine was killed.
“You can tell the pathway where it crossed 21,’’ Murphy said.
“Thankfully right there where it crossed the highway there weren’t a lot of homes.”
Two others were killed in the Dallas County community of Plantersville.
A man was killed inside his workshop where he and his wife were sheltering from the storm. His wife was uninjured.
A woman reported missing was found dead about 4 a.m., after hours of searches for her that included drones.
The weather service in Birmingham — which at one point had to take shelter from a tornado-warned storm that targeted its own office in Calera — said it would be sending out three survey teams today to assess the damage.