Nine dead, more casualties expected after tornadoes rip through US Southeast

Cars carefully navigate downed trees and power lines on Chestnut Boulevard in Selma, Ala. after a tornado passed through the area the day before/Photo: AP

ATLANTA: At least nine people died in tornadoes that destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the U.S. Southeast, local officials said, and the death toll in hard-hit central Alabama was expected to rise.