As the days pass following the deadly EF4 tornado that demolished the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, more stories of survival from residents have come to the forefront. Many of the locals in Rolling Fork battled to stay alive against the twister's ferocious winds that leveled homes and sent trees crashing to the ground. An example of courage can be found in Rolling Fork resident Gene Fulton, who had his home and auto shop on the southwest side of the town destroyed by the tornado. The three-
By Allison Finch An EF4 tornado tore through the western Mississippi town of Rolling Fork on Friday night, causing total destruction as it ripped through the small, tight-knit community. The outbreak of storms left at least 26 dead across the Southeast, and communities face a lengthy road to recovery. The images from the ground and
From dairy farms in Tulare to strawberry fields in Salinas, farmers in California have been dealing with the relentless back-to-back West Coast storms washing out their crops and fields, hitting them financially. The damage caused by the storms has threatened the state's vast agricultural production, which produces more than one-third of the nation's vegetables and three-quarters of the country's fruits and nuts, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. California's agricu
Rolling Fork, Mississippi, resident Barbara Christopher and her family invested in a storm shelter in the 1980s after a storm damaged their roof. Four decades later, a violent EF4 tornado destroyed their home, with Barbara and her husband Charles losing nearly everything. "You always see stuff like this on TV, ‘Oh that's just terrible,' it is," Christopher told AccuWeather National Reporter Bill Wadell. "It is terrible." Christopher was one of many Rolling Fork residents struggling to pick up th
At least 10 people have died in the wake of a severe weather system bringing fierce winds, damaging tornadoes and flash flooding to the U.S. South and Midwest.