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The rural towns of Silver City and Rolling Fork were reporting destruction as the tornado continued sweeping northeast at 70 mph (113 kph) without weakening, racing towards Alabama through towns including Winona and Amory into the night.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency posted a tweet confirming that, as of 6:20 a.m. Saturday, 23 people have been confirmed dead as a result of the destruction and that teams across the state are searching for those missing and assisting survivors.

WASHINGTON, United States -- At least 23 people died as violent storms and at least one tornado ripped through the US state of Mississippi, tearing off roofs and flattening neighborhoods, officials and residents said Saturday.

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By Brendan OBrien

. so this particular storm is not over. yet once again, 10 people are confirmed dead and at this hour, an unknown number of them are injured and still trapped in many of these towns that were hit. joining us now is michael vesti. he is with midwest storm trackers, and he was tracking the storm from the very beginning. michael can you tell us what you saw when it hit that first town of rolling fork earlier tonight? so when we had tracked the storm up up the highway towards rolling fork started to...

Tornado that, unfortunately cut right through the center of rolling force mississippi. it didnt kliptown. it went right through the center of town, so all of those homes and businesses were just completely destroyed are very heavily damaged. erin rigsby. thank you so much. and for your especially for your heroic efforts and helping to rescue people right after this tornado hit. we appreciate you talking to us about it. and if youre just joining us, unfortunately , were now confirming 14 people w...

Flashes that quickly grew into a quarter mile wide tornado where they ended up crossing at pretty close range in front of me right before and fortunately , insert the this town that we actually had to rescue and erin. what town were you in? that was in the town of rolling fork, mississippi. i literally arrived there. seconds after the tornado had hit. it was still pouring rain. there was lightning everywhere. there was still thunder, and there was just a constant rain of people yelling for help,...

First responders in Mississippi were searching on Saturday morning through the destruction left by a deadly tornado.

A deadly tornado moved through the Mississippi Delta Friday night, killing at least seven people, authorities said.