At least five people have been killed and a dozen have been injured after a tornado rips through Alabama destroying the entire neighborhood.

The five confirmed deaths were in Ohatchee, a town in the North-Western part of the state. The twister ripped homes apart and downed trees in the town of 1200 people.

Four of the three deads were from the same family, Calhoun County coroner Pat Brown said. The fifth adult was killed in the Wellington area Brown said to Birmingham news.

Tens of thousands of people in the state were forced to live without power as the tornado downed powerlines.

At least two storms produced long tracking, violent tornadoes that swept across about 100 miles of Alabama on Thursday afternoon, said Chris Darden, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Birmingham.

Several communities in the city have been severely damaged by the tornado. No further details of damage is available as of now.