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Cleanup is underway in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after an EF-4 tornado packing winds of 166 miles per hour or more all but leveled the town Friday night.

Rev. Bob Gilliland and his wife, Betty, have done what few in the world could even imagine. They have been hit by tornadoes twice in three months.

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The tornado that collapsed the roof and two walls of Jermaine Wells Mississippi home also hurled a massive tractor tire that lande

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (BP) – Pastor Bob Gilliland’s son Roger called and told him to turn on the weather; a tornado was approaching.

A powerful and long-lived supercell thunderstorm that tore across Mississippi and Alabama last Friday night created a tornado scar so large that it can be seen from space. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms struck the Southeastern U.S. late last week as unseasonably high temperatures and a powerful jet stream combined to create an unstable atmosphere that was ripe for tornadoes. Prior to Friday night’s storms, the U.S. National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center highlighted the risk...

Hospital when the storm hit giving birth to a newborn just hours after losing her two year old daughter, even though my moneys gone im glad youre not suffering. it could have been worse. my whole family was here. jessica drain also spoke to cnn drain says her eight year old son was in the same mobile home as two year old aubrey with her parents. he is now in critical condition on a ventilator. he has a severe brain injury. they had to go in and take parts of his skull out. hes been through surge...

Hampton Roads-based relief organizations help in tornado-ravaged Mississippi, including Mercy Chefs and Operation Blessing.

"They are taking care of their immediate needs right now. That is providing a safe shelter, safe roof over their heads, food, health services."

At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through more than a half-dozen towns late Friday. 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Since Friday night’s devastating and deadly tornadoes in Mississippi, many people have been trying to figure out ways they can help in relief and recovery. Birmingham-based nonprofit Refuel Ministries leaves Tuesday afternoon to “refuel” the community and volunteers in Mississippi. Refuel Ministries will take a trailer full of food and cooking […]