The death toll from a storm system that spawned several possible tornadoes as it slammed the Southeast has risen to at least six, officials said Thursday as search crews went out to look for more victims and survivors.
Officials in central North Carolina said the deaths of a woman and a child in Davidson County were weather-related. However, Emergency Services director Jeff Smith did not have any other details early Thursday.
Suspected tornadoes were reported Wednesday in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina. Severe weather also hit Georgia.
Dozens of homes and buildings were damaged and thousands of people were without power as trees and power lines were downed.
In South Carolina, three people were killed and five injured when a likely tornado swept through a rural community near Rock Hill, about 20 miles south of Charlotte, N.C. One person died in northern Georgia when a tree fell on a car, the fire department in Forsyth, Ga., confirmed.
NBC station WCNC reported that search crews in York County, S.C., were to head back out Thursday morning to look for anyone who still might be unaccounted for and help cleaning up.
