Page 264 - Rolling Fork News Today

Theres nothing left: Deep South tornadoes kill 26

STORY: Over two dozen people have been killed and many more wounded, after severe storms that spawned at least one violent tornado ripped across Mississippi late on Friday, according to the state's emergency management agency on Saturday. | 10:59pm

In Rolling Fork, a town of around 1,900 in western Mississippi that was hit the hardest, homes were reduced to rubble, tree trunks snapped like twigs and cars were tossed aside like toys

Stoler out. they came back to find the entire back half of their home gone. while they came back to this there are so many others here who came back to nothing. jose. >> priscilla thompson, thank you. just about 30 miles southwest of silver city is hard-hit rolling fork, mississippi, and what it looks like today, the devastation astonishing. that town now simply gone. courtney ann jackson from wlbt is there. courtney. >> reporter: rolling fork is already a small community. the businesses they ...

Shocking footage has emerged from inside Amory High School, which was hit the strong winds of a powerful tornado in the small town of Amory, Mississippi.

Region, and that is going to keep that return flow coming up from the gulf of mexico, and it looks like as we go later in the day on sunday, all the way from the carolinas into central alabama and well touch into southern mississippi. we might expect some of those thunderstorms to be erupting. now in some areas, the ground is absolutely saturated. ah flooding is a threat. high winds , hail and the potential for the genetic activity, but there could be something less in tornadoes in these big thu...

ROLLING FORK: At least 25 people were killed by devastating tornadoes that ripped across the southern US state of...

Hundreds in Mississippi are left homeless after a rural town outside of Jackson suffered the destruction. Many clean-up efforts are in the organization phase.

Tornadoes that tore through the state on Friday night saw hail the size of golf balls, destroyed buildings and knocked out power for more than 49,000 residents

Authorities continue to advise Mississippi residents to remain alert for possible dangers after a devastating tornado hit the southern US state, killing dozens of people.