A storm chaser has shared footage of a vehicle seemingly taking a direct hit as a tornado tore through parts of Alabama on Tuesday. The Alabama storm followed a multi-day severe weather outbreak that caused widespread destruction across several states,

A tornado tore across the horizon as powerful storms struck Alabama. Footage shows the funnel-shaped weather phenomenon striking just east of Athens on May 20, around 6:20 pm. A row of houses was visible in the foreground of the approaching twister.

Northern Alabama was placed under a tornado emergency on Tuesday evening as a destructive and fast-moving twister tore through Madison and Limestone counties. The alert, issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Huntsville,