CLAY, Ala. — Two people were killed in the Birmingham area as storms pounded the South and Midwest, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states early Monday.

At least one of the areas affected by the storms, which were part of a system that stretched from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico, was also hit by a line of killer storms that slammed the Southeast last April.

Jefferson County sheriff's spokesman Randy Christian said a 16-year-old girl was killed in Clay and an 82-year-old man died in the community of Oak Grove.

The storm produced a possible tornado that moved across northern Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., causing damage in Oak Grove, Graysville, Fultondale, Center Point, Clay and Trussville, Christian said. He said several homes were destroyed and numerous injuries were reported.

“Some roads are impassable, there are a number of county roads where you have either debris down, trees down, damage from homes,” said Yasamie Richardson, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Jefferson County experienced “significant damage,” she said.

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At around 2:30pm a two vehicle accident occured on County Rd 239

in Coffee county, Just North of the City of Elba, 5 people were

transported to hospitals in the area, One LifeFlighted and 2 adults

and two children were transported by ambulance to the hospital.

It was reported at the scene that a resident that lives in the house

where the accident happened had turned left going to her driveway

and did not see an on coming car that had two female adults and

2 children in it and met head on causing injuries to all involved.

No names or ages have been released at this time, Alabama State

Trooper James is investigating the accident.