Drone video shows bus laying on Alabama high school gym after deadly tornado
According to the NWS Birmingham, the tornado's winds were estimated to be 120 mph when the school bus was lifted onto the Winterboro High School gymnasium.
EF-2 tornado flips school bus onto Winterboro, Alabama gym
Drone video shows how 120 mph winds from an EF-2 tornado near Winterboro, Alabama flipped a school bus onto the high school gym.
WINTERBORO, Ala. – Drone video showed the power of a tornado's 120-mph winds in Alabama where a school bus was lofted onto a high school gymnasium.
National Weather Service damage survey teams have confirmed at least seven tornadoes in Alabama from this weekend’s deadly severe weather outbreak.
Preliminary damage surveys found EF-2 damage in Talladega County, where a tornado with maximum winds of 120 mph tore through Winterboro, killing one person and injuring another person.
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The drone video showed some of the destruction caused by the tornado, which demolished part of the local high school, homes and farm buildings and uprooted trees.
According to the damage surve from the NWS office in Birmingham, the tornado touched down southwest of Winterboro High School and caused significant damage to the football press box, baseball and softball fields. As the tornado intensified, it reached the old Winterboro High School building, lifting the school bus onto the side of the gymnasium.
A school bus on the Old Winterboro High School building in Alabama after an EF-2 tornado on March 15, 2025.
(Henry's Weather Channel)
The drone video showed significant damage to the school's gymnasium, where the walls had mostly collapsed on several sides.
The NWS office in Birmingham said its teams were assessing 16 damage tracks across the state from the deadly storms this weekend.
This graphic shows the 16 storm paths being investigated by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Alabama.
(FOX Weather)