birmingham, a tornado hit in fairfield, alabama. with 120-mile-per-hour winds. from a mile away, people recording on their phones could see the debris. authorities say three or four people are hurt. there's damage to three businesses. 12,000 people lost power. >> it lasted three or four minutes enter it was gone. >> we want to make sure everybody's okay right. >> reporter: north of atlanta tonight, forecasters are warning more than a million people here to watch out. tropical storm cindy made land fall near the texas/louisiana border over night, and it was a soaker on the gulf coast. more than 10 inches of rain. and the fire ants trying to escape. eva pilgrim is there. >> basically a river that is where a road should be. the water, surrounding the houses. >> reporter: we are learning more tonight about the boy killed in the middle of the storm.