RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The town of Rainsville spent Thursday cleaning up after an EF-1 tornado struck on Wednesday night.
No major injuries have been reported but the storm did cause some damage to power lines and homes.
"We're still looking, we're still checking things," said Rainsville Police Chief Michael Edmondson. "There are officers out working and the cleanup crews are out working."
The Rainsville Police Department has worked tirelessly to make sure everyone is safe following Wednesday night's storm damage. Patrol cars and cleanup crews lined the streets of Rainsville trying to find and clean up damage as soon as they could.
"Right now, it's more of a cleanup effort, trying to make sure we don't have any more lines down on the road, checking residences as we can, the people that live here, making sure all of them is okay," said Chief Edmondson.
Chief Edmondson monitored the storm for a good portion of the night and this morning, he woke up to survey the damage.
"Maybe some minor injuries, but nothing major," said Chief Edmondson.
The storm left leaning mailboxes, missing shingles and trash throughout the streets.
"If there is anything that the police department, the fire department, the city of Rainsville can do, please reach out to us," said Chief Edmondson. "One thing I would like to ask, if you don't live in the area that's affected, please stay away, because we got a lot of emergency crews working. Our power crews, phone crews, everybody is in these areas working and it's really dangerous on those guys."
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