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The frantic search for survivors resumed in Alabama on Monday following a deadly cluster of tornadoes<\/a> that ripped through the southeast, leaving at least 23 people dead.<\/p>\n The victims are all from Beauregard in Lee County \u2014 and the death toll is only expected to rise, the county sheriff Jay Jones told \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHomes completely destroyed, nothing left but the slabs \u2014 concrete slabs that they existed on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Drones with heat-seeking capabilities were scouring the hardest hit areas for survivors overnight but teams on the ground were waiting until Monday morning to begin their search.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to concentrate on the areas that had the most damage,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe still have some individuals that are unaccounted for, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re going to begin our search this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n Helicopters will be deployed to survey the damage, which Jones said could cover at least one square mile.<\/p>\n The funnel that tore through Lee County was an estimated EF3 that was at least a half-mile wide, the National Weather Service confirmed late Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n F3 storms typically bring wind speeds of between 158 to 206 mph.<\/p>\n NWS said a more detailed assessment of the tornado\u2019s strength will be conducted on Monday.<\/p>\n Several tornadoes in a powerful storm system cut through Alabama, near the Georgia line, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida on Sunday.<\/p>\n The victims ranged in age from children to those in their 80s, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said Sunday night, according to AL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n