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Coroner: 7 dead in tornado that ripped through US South

The rural towns of Silver City and Rolling Fork were reporting destruction as the tornado continued sweeping northeast.

Powerful tornadoes tore through parts of the Deep South on Friday night, killing at least 23 people in Mississippi, obliterating dozens of buildings and leaving an especially devastating mark on a rural town whose mayor declared, “My city is gone.”

At least 23 people are dead after storms and a Mississippi tornado, officials said. A Rolling Fork and Silver City, MS tornado was reported on Friday.

Activity. thats an indicator of significant strength. there are people on the ground saying the path of this tornado is 80 miles long. if you have silver city 30 miles away from rolling fork and 80 miles, that means there is of areas still trying to make their way through to see if there is damage and see if people are in harms way. well keep you up to speed. we do not know the categories of these tornados. we do know this activity is moving into northern alabama and middle parts of tennessee. c...

Officials say the death toll could rise.

Severe weather that produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states Friday night

At least 23 people are dead after storms and a Mississippi tornado, officials said. A Rolling Fork and Silver City, MS tornado was reported on Friday.

Portion of mississippi. now its making its way across tennessee , alabama and into georgia as well. looks like the worst is over. i hesitate to say that because we still have severe thunderstorm watches out and there is still a portion of a tornado watch, which is out across portions of mississippi, but all the way from just to the north of jackson, mississippi, in that rolling fork area. thats what we are really going to be focused, but thats not the only place. lets go ahead and show you the p...