Eleven people were killed and 23 were injured after severe weather struck southern Georgia, officials said Sunday.
A coroner says seven people have been confirmed dead at a mobile home park in south Georgia after a powerful storm tore through the area overnight.
Cook County Coroner Tim Purvis said an apparent tornado ``levelled'' numerous mobile homes before dawn Sunday in the park near Adel. He said emergency responders were still searching for survivors hours later.
Purvis estimated the park has about 40 mobile homes total and roughly half of them were destroyed.
Catherine Howden of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency put the death toll from severe weather in the state to 11, with 23 injured.
She said the deaths occurred in Cook, Brooks and Berrien counties near the Georgia-Florida line.
Tornado warnings had been issued for parts of Georgia overnight.
Local officials are still assessing the area. No other information was immediately available.
The southeastern United States has been pounded by storms, high winds and unstable weather over the weekend.
Four people died after a tornado with winds above 136 mph tore a 25-mile path across southern Mississippi before dawn Saturday.
The National Weather Service in Jacksonville, Florida, has issued a tornado warning for Echols, Clinch and Ware counties in southeastern Georgia.
A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect for the Florida panhandle.