In wake of tornadoes, missing Alabamans located; no additional deaths

A shoe and other debris sit outside a home destroyed after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

(Reuters) - Alabama officials said they have accounted for everyone who was missing after a burst of tornadoes, the deadliest to hit the state since 2013, tore through rural Lee County on Sunday, killing 23 people and injuring dozens more.

The 23 victims, including four children and seven people from one family, were all killed in or around the tiny community of Beauregard near the Georgia border, where the tornadoes uprooted trees and destroyed about 100 homes with 170 mile (264 km) per hour winds, officials said.

Damage to a home on County Road 39 is seen after a series of tornadoes struck Lee County, Alabama, U.S. March 3, in this handout satellite image captured March 6, 2019. satellite image ©2019 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company/Handout via REUTERS

Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said on Wednesday that search and rescue teams had located all the residents who had been marked as missing since the storms.

"We are now confident we have accounted for all of the individuals that we had not accounted for" earlier, Jones told a news conference.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to visit the storm-hit area on Friday.

Homes on County Road 38 are seen before a series of tornadoes struck Lee County, Alabama, U.S. March 3, in this handout satellite image captured March 6, 2019. satellite image ©2019 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company/Handout via REUTERS

(Reporting by Gabriella Borter in New York; Editing by Scott Malone and Bernadette Baum)

Damage to homes on County Road 38 is seen after a series of tornadoes struck Lee County, Alabama, U.S. March 3, in this handout satellite image captured March 6, 2019. satellite image ©2019 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company/Handout via REUTERS

A gravesite for two dogs buried sits outside a home, where one person perished, after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A car is seen crushed with a tree on top of it after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The remains of a home, where one person perished, sits destroyed after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The remains of a home, where three out of four people perished, sits destroyed after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A truck sits overturned as the Baker family sits on the porch of their destroyed home after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The remains of a home sit destroyed after two deadly back-to-back tornadoes, in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People pray in front of crosses that were placed in front of the Providence Baptist Church to honor the victims who died in the two deadly back-to-back tornadoes in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Crosses are placed in front of the Providence Baptist Church to honor the victims who died in the two deadly back-to-back tornadoes in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People stand in front of crosses that were placed in front of the Providence Baptist Church to honor the victims who died in the two deadly back-to-back tornadoes in Beauregard, Alabama, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton