Local Emergency Management officials said at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, that a list of over two hundred missing and unaccounted for residents had been narrowed down to just one person.
A third, house by house search and survey of damaged or destroyed homes was underway all day on Saturday, with the names of the missing being checked off, house by house, road by road, said LFD Chief Keith Scruggs.
Informed but unofficial sources told the Times late Saturday morning that search dogs had located the body of one additional fatality, in the Akersville Road/Williams area, bringing the death toll back to fourteen. One person's name had been removed from the list Friday, as that victim's death had been determined to have been due to natural or other causes not related to Tuesday night's tornado.
[Click on our Weekly Updates for a list of agencies and contact numbers for relief and assistance being offered to storm victims].
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