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A vicious storm system spawning 24 twisters that ravaged Mississippi has torn apart a small rural town in the state with drone footage revealing the breadth of the devastation.

Powerful tornadoes left a trail of destruction across rural Mississippi Friday night. Deaths, injuries, damage and power outages have been reported.

The National Weather Service issued an alert Friday night as the storm was hitting that didn't mince words: "To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW!"

Powerful tornadoes has torn through rural Mississippi and Alabama, killing at least 23 people, destroying buildings and knocking out power.

Powerful tornadoes that ripped through Mississippi – destroying buildings and obliterating at least one town – killed almost two dozen people, officials said Saturday.

Tornadoes tore through the state on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather that produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states.

Powerful tornadoes tore through parts of the Deep South on Friday night, killing at least 23 people in Mississippi, obliterating dozens of buildings and leaving an especially devastating mark on a rural town whose mayor declared, "My city is gone."

The tornado tore through rural Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather moved through several southern states.

'This was a very great small town (of Silver City), and now it's gone'

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado caused damage about 60 miles (96 kilometres) northeast of Jackson, Mississippi