Toll expected to rise in deadliest US tornadoes in five years

Joey Roush walks through the debris of his mother's home after it was destroyed in a tornado in Beauregard, Alabama Source: Getty Images

At least 23 people have died and dozens are injured after tornadoes struck the southeastern United States.

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The death toll is already more than double the ten people killed by tornadoes in the U-S last year ((2018)). 

Rescuers are continuing to dig through the remnants of destroyed homes and businesses, and the death toll is expected to rise.