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Storms set off search for survivors, salvageable belongings

A damaged house is surrounded by debris in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Workers remove a downed tree from a house in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) A large tree rests on a home Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Griffin, Ga. Powerful storms passed through Thursday causing tornadoes. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) A power transformer sits in a street infant of a storm-damaged building Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Griffin, Ga. Powerful storms passed through Thursday causing tornadoes. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) A house is damaged by an uprooted tree on Mabry St. in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Remnants of downed trees lie in front of a damaged house in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) A house is damaged and trees snapped in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area the day before. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Vehicles navigate a road strewn with debris in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) This image taken with a drone shows tornado damage, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Selma, Ala. (DroneBase via AP) This image taken with a drone shows tornado damage, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Selma, Ala. (DroneBase via AP) Search and rescue crews investiagate following Thursday's tornado on Sandy Ridge Road in Old Kingston, Ala., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that killed at least nine people as it barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, a flashpoint of the civil rights movement.(Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) Taylor Jordan helps hang a tarp on his sisters home following Thursday's tornado damage on County Road 68 in Marbury, Ala., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that killed at least nine people as it barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, a flashpoint of the civil rights movement.(Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) Debris from local business is strewn about in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area the day before. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Debris from local business is strewn on the corner of Chestnut Blvd. and Broad St. in Selma, Ala., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, after a tornado passed through the area the day before. Rescuers raced Friday to find survivors in the aftermath of a tornado-spawning storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Joshua Jewell works to clear downed trees from around a storm damaged home Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Jackson, Ga. Powerful storms spawned tornadoes across Georgia Thursday night. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Johnny Martin works to clear downed trees from around a storm damaged home Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Jackson, Ga. Powerful storms spawned tornadoes across Georgia Thursday night. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Storms set off search for survivors, salvageable belongings