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President Joe Biden early on Sunday issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the US.

The National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday released preliminary statistics on a deadly tornado that ripped through several towns on its hour-long path.

Federal funding was made available to the areas hardest hit by a deadly tornado that ripped through one of the poorest regions of the U.S.

President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Sunday for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta

And rolling fork have been all but obliterated. our us correspondent sophie long reports. this is rolling fork, a small, close community in mississippi. there is little left. theyve lost loved ones, their homes — everything. we get storms, like bad rain, or, you know, probably high winds or something, but we never experienced nothing like this where you can wipe out a whole town — you know, schools, children, parents, loved ones. it wiped out everything. these girls said they came back to lo...

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

Where the damage and death toll had been most severe search and rescue efforts for storm victims began after the tornado struck the towns of silver city and rolling fork. the state of my town devastation. as i look around. families are affected. homes are torn up families or without a place to live. children are hungry. no clothes. were devastated. the city of rolling fork is in sharkey county, the origin of many of the storm fatalities, cnn has reported tracy harden and her husband on chucks da...

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLIS ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of […]

Outside, houses are torn open and trees lie with their roots in the air. Inside, stretchers are lined up in front of tables overflowing with food.

The man pointed to a nearby home where he said his sister was sleeping as the nocturnal tornado roared through the town.