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Tornado hits Troup County, Georgia: Residents trapped under rubble, experience golf-ball-sized hail

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Natalie Ross

Published Jan 27, 2026

A twister purportedly hit in Troup Region, Georgia, leaving homes leveled and various individuals harmed
Lead representative Brian Kemp pronounced a highly sensitive situation around 11 am
In excess of 20 million Southerners are in danger of extreme tempests on Sunday across the locale

A cyclone supposedly hit early Sunday in Troup Province, Georgia, close to the Alabama line, leaving homes leveled and different individuals harmed and more extreme weather conditions is coming. Impacted regions incorporated the province seat of LaGrange, around 67 miles southwest of Atlanta, as per Georgia Shared Help Gathering (GMAG).

Lead representative Brian Kemp pronounced a highly sensitive situation around 11 am. A cyclone cautioning has been given for Baldwin, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe Pike, Troup, and Upson provinces until 1 pm. In excess of 20 million Southerners are in danger of serious tempests on Sunday across the district.

The Public Weather conditions Administration’s Tempest Expectation Center said dangers incorporate the chance areas of strength for of, hail the size of tennis balls and harming wrap blasts up to 70 mph.

The Troup Area Sheriff’s Office said it was getting a few reports of trees down, harm to houses, and electrical cables down.

We’re finally getting a sense of the damage left over from the tornado the hit Troup County this morning. A church, motel and several homes were completely destroyed. @11AliveNews

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Georgia inhabitants shared photographs and recordings via virtual entertainment of enormous golf-ball-sized bits of hail bombing over the area early Sunday.

Likewise, the sheriff’s office additionally cautioned it got a report from the Pine Mountain Creature Safari “that they are revealing a Tiger that is unaccounted for inside the recreation area.”

“In the event that you don’t need to get on the streets today kindly don’t travel. There is likewise a report that Verizon cell administration is intruded on,” the office composed Sunday morning.

By Sunday evening, the tempests will then move east into the Carolinas representing a danger of harming winds. A negligible gamble of serious tempests likewise incorporates portions of focal Illinois and Indiana.

New tempests fit for creating extremely huge twisters, hail, and wild breezes are supposed to frame across parts of eastern Texas on Sunday evening prior to driving into Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama through the evening and night.