Trump to visit storm site Friday in Alabama

Published 3:29 pm Tuesday, March 5, 2019

President Donald Trump said he will visit Alabama on Friday to see the damage from a tornado outbreak in Lee County that left 23 people dead and 90 injured.

“It’s been a tragic situation, but a lot of good work is being done,” Trump said at the White House.

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“We’ve got piles of rubble that we are searching just to make sure,” said Opelika Fire Chief Byron Prather Jr. “We don’t think we’ll find nobody there, but we don’t want to leave any stone unturned.”