SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — A 13-year-old was thrown from her Spalding County home after a deadly storm system hit north Georgia Wednesday night, her parents said.
Spalding is among 16 counties under a state of emergency in the wake of a storm system that spawned tornadoes and powerful winds that tore apart homes and buildings across the southeast. The storm system killed two people in the county, and 13 total, in the state.
Joe and Stacey Peavy said they were asleep at their home on Sidney Drive when a tornado hit around 1 a.m.
"We woke up and everything in the house was coming down," Stacey Peavy said.
Peavy said she went outside and found their 13-year-old daughter, Kiley, on the lawn, still on her bed.
"She was barely talking," Peavy said.
Hours later, Channel 2's Jeff Dore went to the home and most of it was reduced to rubble. Kiley's bedroom and the garage were blown to pieces. The family's mangled minivan, which was originally parked in the garage, was lodged in the side of the home.
The Peavys were released from an area hospital after being treated for minor injuries.