LAUREL, Miss. (November 16, 2011)-- strong storm system that hit the Southeast damaged dozens of homes and buildings and left at least 15 people injured in Mississippi.
Possible tornadoes were reported in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Four homes were damaged in western Alabama, about 60 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa.
It's the worst bout of weather for that state since about 250 people were killed during a tornado outbreak in April.
In southeastern Mississippi, just one of the 15 people who were injured had to go to the hospital, but Jones County emergency director Don McKinnon said some people were briefly trapped in their homes by fallen trees and mobile homes were torn off their foundations.
Tornado warnings and watches were being issued in nearby states as the severe weather moves east.
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