By NBC News
A suspected tornado tore through a Wal-Mart and a neighboring sports outlet in Troy, Alabama, flipping trucks and tractor-trailers in the parking lot and injuring at least five people late Thursday.
“What seemed to be a tornado-like storm damaged the Wal-Mart in Troy structurally,” Mayor Jason Reeves told NBC News. “It flipped multiple trucks and tractor trailers in the parking lot, and damaged a strip-mall structure near the Wal-Mart. There is also water damage in the area from damage to a water main.”
Two of those injured were inside the store when…
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