An 83-year-old Talladega County man is the third person known to have died as severe weather struck Alabama Saturday night. Coroner Shaddix Murphy identified the victim as Harry Leon Faine. Faine was in his mobile home on Bob White Road, which is about a half mile from Winterboro High School, across Highway 21.

Officails say 52 of Alabama’s 67 counties sustained damage from severe weather Saturday evening, but Shelby and Talladega counties were hit particularly hard in certain spots. A tornado threw a school bus onto the roof of Winterboro High School gymnasium as it tore through Talladega County on its way east.

The Talladega County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the first fatality early Sunday morning. The second death was confirmed by Governor Kay Ivey in a statement issued by the governor's office.

Was Saturday’s severe weather really all that bad? In a word, yes. In two words definitely, yes. Two waves of severe storms rolled across the state on Saturday. The first began in the early morning hours,