Storms send TV anchors scrambling off set in N Carolina

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi have moved into Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas. A storm with a tornado warning forced anchors at a TV station in High Point, North Carolina, to leave their studio for a few minutes. No serious damage or injuries were reported in the storms Thursday along the Atlantic Coast. At least two people were hurt Wednesday when an apparent tornado struck southwest Alabama, destroying a house. But the region appeared to escape the kind of horrific toll many feared after ominous predictions of monster twisters and huge hail.