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Governor Tate Reeves praises the spirit of the community where a tornado wreaked destruction on Friday night.

Their homes, everything. we get storms like bad rain or, you know, probably high winds or something. but we never experience nothing like this where it can wipe out a whole town. you know, schools, children, you know, parents, loved ones. it wiped out everything. these girls said they came back to look for their belongings. they didnt find much. this is what remains of peoples homes here in rolling fork. you can see washing machines, signs of a life that took place here before. the tornado struc...

Rolling fork with ngo team rubicon. he told me more about the current situation. as you can see, standing behind me used to be a home. the neighbourhood im standing in was completely levelled. theres not much left from the path of the tornado out here. complete devastation throughout the entire town, about three quarters of the town was affected. right now team rubicon are in rolling fork, we are kind of standing by to see where we can best fit in. this town is the definition of neighbours helpi...

Im joined now by sophie long from rolling fork in mississippi — sophie i can see — utter devstation where you are. just talk me through where you are? its difficult to comprehend. you can see the clear line that the tornado took them some trees that been stripped of their branches and uprooted and others that are completely untouched and this is where it came through. these are peoples homes just two days ago on friday evening and people were gathering in these buildings and when you look at...

A Mississippi meteorologist prayed to Jesus during a live television broadcast as he watched a tornado head straight for the town of Amory.

At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others were injured as the storm ripped through several towns along its hour-long path on Friday.

President Biden approved a federal disaster declaration for Mississippi. Officials said dozens were injured, while hundreds were displaced. More bad weather is expected in the Southeast into Monday.

Thunder in the background that nervousness of the community here for that severe weather threat is something that the fema administrator spoke about at the press conference earlier. this is gonna be a long term recovery event and we can see just where were standing here that one of the major issues that were going to face is housing. and how do we help our number one? concerns is still life safety because you look around here and you look at the debris. i just really encourage everybody to remai...

Scott Olson/Getty Images(MACON, Ga.) -- At a series of twisters touched down Sunday in Georgia -- two described by the National Weather Service as "large and extremely dangerous" -- as President Joe Biden approved disaster relief for storm-battered Mississippi, where at least 25 people were left dead in the wake of powerful tornado outbreak. Residents of the Macon, Georgia, suburbs of Milledgeville, Linton, Beulah and Underwood were advised Sunday morning by the weather service to &qu...

As day breaks in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, the chirping birds in the blue skies above cut through the eerie quiet.