He said on Sunday evening: "We've still got people being pulled out of rubble. We're going to be here all night."
Alabama meteorologist Eric Snitil tweeted that there were more deaths in Lee County in one day due to a tornado than in the entirety of the US in 2018.
East Alabama Medical Centre said it was treating more than 40 people injured by the extreme weather, and was expecting more.
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