Something wicked this way came–a tornado outbreak involving more than 160 individual tornadoes, touching down from Mississippi all the up the East Coast. So far, at least 200 people are reported dead, the majority in Alabama. At present, the storm’s impact on Alabama’s equine population is undetermined.

"It is too early at this point to tell," said Cindy McCall, PhD, equine extension specialist from the Alabama Extension Cooperative System.

It is possible, however, that the equine impact could be relatively minimal because the largest tornados mainly affected the major metropolitan areas.

Tuscaloosa was hard hit by a 1.5 km (just under a mile)-wide tornado, killing at least 30 people. That tornado traveled approximately 176 miles, and authorities believe it could have impacted livestock in the surrounding areas