This story was updated at 12:16 p.m.
A massive storm system whipping up severe winds and spawning tornadoes cut a path across the U.S. South, killing at least nine people in Georgia and Alabama, where a twister damaged buildings and tossed cars in the streets of historic downtown Selma.
Authorities said a more comprehensive picture of the damage and a search for additional victims would come Friday, when conditions were expected to clear. Early Friday, tens of thousands of customers remained without power across the two states.
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