Mississippi tornado

At least 25 people were killed, dozens of others injured and hundreds displaced as the massive storm ripped through the Mississippi Delta.

An EF-4 tornado has top wind gusts between 166mph and 200mph, according to the service. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he viewed the damage in a region dotted with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. He arrived to find “total devastation” and said he smelled gas and heard people screaming for help in the dark. The tornado on Friday night devastated a swathe of the 2,000-person town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town’s water tower. Based on early data, the tornado received a preliminary EF-4 rating, the National Weather Service office in Jackson said in a tweet late on Saturday. The massive storm left a trail of devastation in one of the poorest regions of the US as it tore through several towns on its hour-long path.

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

Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he viewed the damage in a region speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. He spoke with Biden, who also held a call with the state’s congressional delegation. When the storm hit Friday night, he immediately drove there to assist in any way he could. Even with recovery just starting, the National Weather Service warned of a risk of Other parts of the The Jackson office cautioned it was still gathering information on the tornado.

William Barnes talks about the damage to his property on Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Silver City, Miss. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg). SILVER CITY, Miss.

By Continuing to access the website, you agree that we will store data in a cookie as outlined in our Privacy Policy. The National Herald is the paper of record of the Greek Diaspora community. “We had to say our own prayers in our heads.” It took two hours for ambulances to maneuver through debris-filled streets to get to the store to start tending to them, he said. After the storm, the roof was gone on the home where she’s lived for 17 years and cars were upended in her yard. A line of cars was parked on the road from first responders and family who had driven in to help with clean up and rescue efforts. Outside the wall of what used to be a house, a bike lay upside down in another pile of debris. Derrick Brady Jr., 9, said he tried to cover his 7-year-old sister Kylie Carter with his body as the tornado moved over their home. They parked in their driveway and opened the car doors, but it was too late. They exited the car to find their house destroyed. A child’s Shrek doll lay face down in the dirt next to a pile of broken plywood and branches, feet from a busted-up refrigerator with its back torn clean off. He stood in disbelief Saturday as he surveyed the lot where he’d lived for 20 years, twisted debris of cinder blocks and mangled wood siding scattered across where his home once stood.

Search and rescue efforts are continuing, and the Mississippi state government has declared a state of emergency, reports the BBC. In Rolling Fork, crushed cars ...

For now, he staying in one of the shelters that have been set up in the area. Francisco McKnight told the BBC it was a miracle that he is alive. For many the first indication that something terrible was happening was the noise. He said that was what saved him. Amongst the rubble, there are vehicles that have been tossed around like toys. The lush farmland that surrounds it is completely untouched, the trees aren’t even bent out of shape by wind.

The Mississippi Town of Rolling Fork has been left devastated following a 'mile-wide' tornado that has killed at least 25 people across the south.

The tornado stayed on the ground for about an hour and cut a path of destruction some 170 miles (274 km) long, according to Nicholas Price, a meteorologist ...

The city is 75% Black, and about one-fifth of the population lives below the federal poverty line, according to U.S. That appeared to be the only reported death in that state as of Saturday evening. Mississippi’s emergency management agency said on Saturday afternoon that the death toll had risen to 25, with dozens more injured. "And we were just basically in small groups, digging through the rubble, trying to find and extricate people." In Rolling Fork, a town of around 1,900 in western Mississippi that was hit the hardest, homes were reduced to rubble, tree trunks snapped like twigs and cars were tossed aside like toys. President Joe Biden early 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.

The declaration will make federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit by the storm.

He arrived to find "total devastation" and said he smelled gas and heard people screaming for help in the dark. The declaration will make federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the places hardest hit by The massive storm left a trail of devastation in one of the poorest regions of the US as it tore through several towns on its hour-long path. The declaration will make federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit by the storm. [are continuing the daunting task](https://news.sky.com/story/us-tornado-photos-show-how-deadly-storm-has-reduced-buildings-to-rubble-12842477) of sifting through the debris of flattened buildings, with dozens injured and hundreds displaced. US President Joe Biden has declared a state of emergency in Mississippi after a tornado killed at least 26 as it tore through the area.

More than a dozen tornadoes tore through Mississippi and Alabama, leaving at least 26 dead and a swath of devastation 100 miles wide.

“Additional severe storms will form throughout the night and later today,” the NWS in Birmingham [said](https://twitter.com/NWSBirmingham/status/1639891856975872000). Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) early Sunday](https://twitter.com/SenatorWicker/status/1639841113333694464), who said that federal, state and local officials would be providing help to those in need. Large twisters caused wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour, flattening buildings and killing at least 26 people, including one person in northern Alabama.

Biden's emergency declaration makes federal funding available to the areas hardest hit by the storm. | ITV National News.

The funding can be spent on temporary housing, home repairs, loans covering uninsured property losses, and other programmes, the White House said. Friday's tornado received a preliminary EF-4 rating - a rating which sees top wind gusts of between 166 mph and 200 mph - the National Weather Service office said. But the National Weather Service warned of a risk of more severe weather on Sunday - including high winds, large hail and possible tornadoes - in eastern Louisiana, south central Mississippi and south central Alabama.

As Mississippi picks up the pieces after deadly tornado-spawning storms, more than 20 million people are under the risk for severe storms across much of the ...

[How to give or receive help after the Mississippi tornado](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/us/how-to-give-or-receive-help-after-the-mississippi-tornado/index.html) The A Level 3 out of 5 risk for severe storms has been issued by the Storm Prediction Center across portions of eastern Louisiana, south-central Mississippi and south-central Alabama. “The police department is destroyed. The fire department is devastated. [National Weather Service’s Huntsville office](https://twitter.com/NWSHuntsville/status/1639779139694792704?s=20). A marginal risk for severe storms also includes parts of central Illinois and Indiana. Material things can be replaced, but to lose a loved one – it was just heart wrenching,” Sias said. The county courthouse is damaged. “Damaging winds and a few tornadoes also appear possible.” The storms nearly leveled some neighborhoods and knocked power out for thousands, officials said. Parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana also face an enhanced risk of severe storms.

Crushed cars and glass litter the streets of Rolling Fork, a town wiped out by a storm that claimed 26 lives.

For now, he is staying in one of the shelters that have been set up in the area. You can also get in touch in the following ways: US President Joe Biden also offered his support for the affected region. Francisco McKnight told the BBC it was a miracle that he is alive. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. For many the first indication that something terrible was happening was the noise. If it is safe to do so, share your experiences by emailing Amongst the rubble, there are vehicles that have been tossed around. He said that was what saved him. Please continue to pray." The only warning he had was the sound, he said - he had never heard anything like the noise of the wind on Friday night and never wants to again. The tornado hit in the middle of the night - people had been sleeping and had not heard the alerts.

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.

"I cried quite a bit today," he said. The city is "like a war zone," he said. There were people eating in restaurants, families in bed," said the 28-year-old, who also experienced Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Yes, I think so." Maybe they'd prefer to sleep in the car, Alvaro said, giving his mother a hesitant look. Inside, stretchers are lined up in front of tables overflowing with food.

Search and recovery efforts continue amid warning of more severe weather after 26 people killed on Friday night.

The Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves, declared a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild. An EF-4 tornado has top wind gusts of between 166mph and 200mph (265kph and 320kph), according to the service. The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), Deanne Criswell, was scheduled to visit the state on Sunday to evaluate the destruction. “That’s rare – very, very rare,” he said, attributing the long path to widespread atmospheric instability. When the storm hit on Friday night, he said, he drove there immediately to assist in any way he could. Search and recovery crews on Sunday resumed the daunting task of digging through the debris of flattened and battered homes, commercial buildings and municipal offices.

The Rolling Fork/Silver City tornado was categorized by officials as an EF-4 in a preliminary rating, with winds speeds of at least 166 miles per hour.

President Joe Biden early Sunday issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night. FEMA officials are expected to arrive in the area Sunday. Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency for the area, asking for a federal designation.

SILVER CITY, Mississippi, March 25 (Reuters) - Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi late on Friday, ...

The city is 75% Black, and about one-fifth of the population lives below the federal poverty line, according to U.S. That appeared to be the only reported death in that state as of Saturday evening. Mississippi's emergency management agency said on Saturday afternoon that the death toll had risen to 25, with dozens more injured. "And we were just basically in small groups, digging through the rubble, trying to find and extricate people." At least 12 of those deaths occurred in Rolling Fork, its mayor, Eldridge Walker, told CNN earlier in the day. In Rolling Fork, a town of around 1,900 in western Mississippi that was hit the hardest, homes were reduced to rubble, tree trunks snapped like twigs and cars were tossed aside like toys. "My city is gone, but we are resilient," Walker said on CNN. "We will be there as long as it takes. "To those impacted by these devastating storms, and to the first responders and emergency personnel working to help their fellow Americans, we will do everything we can to help," Biden said. entire communities." "I thought about God," said Katherine Ray. "Homes, businesses ...

President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi early Sunday, making federal funding available to the areas hardest hit Friday night by ...

Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he viewed the damage in a region speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. He spoke with Biden, who also held a call with the state’s congressional delegation. When the storm hit Friday night, he immediately drove there to assist in any way he could. The Troup County Sheriff’s Office said it was responding to reports of downed trees and power lines and damaged homes. Other parts of the The Jackson office cautioned it was still gathering information on the tornado. A tornado reportedly touched down early Sunday in Troup County, Georgia, near the Alabama border, according to the Georgia Mutual Aid Group. A tiger was reported missing at the Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain. [Deep South](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html) were digging out from damage caused by other suspected twisters. “Cried last night, cried this morning,” she said, looking around at flattened homes. Based on early data, the tornado received a preliminary EF-4 rating, the National Weather Service office in Jackson said late Saturday in a tweet. One man was killed after his trailer home flipped several times in Alabama.

"How anybody survived is unknown by me," said Rodney Porter, who lives 20 miles south of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, which was devastated by the tornado.

Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he viewed the damage in a region speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. He spoke with Biden, who also held a call with the state's congressional delegation. When the storm hit Friday night, he immediately drove there to assist in any way he could. One man died in Morgan County, Alabama, the sheriff's department there said in a tweet. The twister flattened entire blocks, obliterated houses, ripped a steeple off a church and toppled a municipal water tower. Other parts of the Deep South were digging out from damage caused by other suspected twisters.

The strength and timing of the tornado added to the devastation in Rolling Fork and elsewhere.

He added the tornado lifted up after it rolled through Rolling Fork. It is caused by warm, unstable air near the ground and changing speed and direction of the wind at increasing heights. Ms Cox told the BBC that she initially was not able to determine how large or strong the storm would be. "The conditions were just perfect for the storm to last a very long time, and that is usually not common," said Lance Perrilloux, a meteorologist with the NWS in Jackson, Mississippi. It developed from a supercell storm - a rotating storm where the updraft and the downdraft are separated. The tornado looked enormous as it approached the small town of Rolling Fork, with some calling it a "wedge tornado".

Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado wrought a path of destruction in the Mississippi Delta, ...

Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he viewed the damage in the region of wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. She said her dad, who’s disabled and has a hard time moving around, took shelter in the bathtub when the tornado hit. High winds, hail and strong storms were expected for parts of Alabama and Georgia on Sunday, the National Weather Service said. “If you do not have to get on the roads this morning please do not travel.” “THE TIGERS ARE SAFE!,” the park added. Two tigers “briefly escaped” early Sunday from their enclosures at Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain, Georgia, after the park sustained extensive tornado damage, the park announced on its Facebook page. “Sharkey County, Mississippi, is one of the poorest counties in the state of Mississippi, but we’re still resilient,” Rolling Fork Mayor Eldridge Walker said Sunday. Other parts of the A tornado reportedly touched down early Sunday in Troup County, Georgia, near the Alabama border, according to the Georgia Mutual Aid Group. "Many buildings damaged, people trapped," the agency said on Facebook. after a deadly tornado wrought a path of destruction in the Mississippi Delta, even as furious new storms Sunday struck Georgia, where two tigers briefly escaped their badly damaged safari park. “Continue to pray for us,” he added.

The rural towns of Silver City and Rolling Fork in the southwest and Amory in the northeast all sustained significant tornado damage.

It was given a rating of EF-4 — the second highest. [reports](https://www.axios.com/2023/03/26/tornadoes-threaten-mississippi-alabama-sunday). [Energy & Environment](https://www.axios.com/energy-environment)

With maximum winds of 170 mph, it received a preliminary rating of 4 out of 5 on the NWS's Enhanced Fujita Scale that assesses tornadoes based on their ...

“While it is not an every-year occurrence, we unfortunately see this type of event all too regularly in the Southeast, though not always with a tornado of this intensity,” Allen said. The path length of a tornado also depends on the storm’s motion, said John T. Subtle changes in air temperature, wind or humidity from location to location can also cause a tornado to weaken or dissipate. The longest tornado recorded in U.S. They were forecast to be there, but just to actually see it, it’s just something you can’t prepare for.” After it lifted off the ground, another tornado formed from Blackhawk to Winonaand covered a path of 28.6 miles, according to post-disaster surveys. With maximum winds of 170 mph, it received a preliminary rating of 4 out of 5 on the NWS’s Enhanced Fujita Scale that assesses tornadoes based on their estimated wind speeds and related damage. miles Just 1 in 1,100 tornadoes cover more than 100 miles. The tornado that pummeled through west-central Mississippi on Friday was large, destructive — and exceptionally rare. 1-5 miles Approximately 67,000 tornadoes have touched down in the United States since 1950, with an average path of under four miles.