Tornadoes, storms kill 16 across US South

Seven people were killed by storms in Alabama on Friday, bringing the total dead from a string of violent storms and tornadoes across the southern United States to at least 16, officials said on Saturday. Seven people, including three children, were killed in Arkansas on Friday and two elderly sisters were killed in Oklahoma late on Thursday, authorities said.
Six of the seven fatalities in Arkansas were caused when uprooted trees smashed into houses, National Weather Service meteorologist John Robinson said. Robinson said that he could not recall a time in recent memory when so many fatalities occurred because of fallen trees in Arkansas.