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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.

President Joe Biden early Sunday issued an emergency declaration for the state where at least 25 people died.

According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, 25 people have died with dozens injured. Gov. Tate Reeves and President Joe Biden have issued emergency declarations.

You see , im traversing through one neighborhood here in rolling fork, a town of just under 2,000 people. that is leveled by this ef-4 tornado. national weather service says it was about a mile and a half long , and it is full of debris. projectiles from homes. pieces of wood that turned into missiles literally flying through the air. 25 people have lost their lives in mississippi. one in alabama. weve been talking to survivors on the ground and across the state. one of them, the superintendent ...

Even with the recovery in Mississippi just starting, US National Weather Service warns of a risk of more severe weather

Reporter: yeah good morning, from rolling fork, mississippi here in the mississippi delta not too far from the mississippi river, and guys, i just, you know, a picture sometimes speaks thousand words. and this is, this is about as bad as it gets in aftermath of a tornado preliminary ef4 rating look at this what im stangtding on this debris and this is -- an oil cabin essentially and you hear it and can you imagine something this heavy being tossed around. and the projectiles like this here, this...

More than half a dozen shelters were opened in Mississippi to house those who have been displaced.

After a devastating series of tornadoes swept across Mississippi and northern Alabama Friday night, leaving a 100-mile path of destruction in their wake and at least 26 dead, the humanitarian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse said supplies and equipment were en route to help residents in the affected areas.

President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi early Sunday, making federal funding available to the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S.

President Joe Biden early Sunday issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, ...