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The Intense Mississippi Tornadoes of March 24, 2023. Rolling Fork to Silver City EF-4 | Blackhawk to Winona EF-3 | Amory EF-3.
Mar 26, 2023 · At least 26 people were killed, dozens more were injured, and homes and businesses were smashed to pieces. In Rolling Fork, a town of about 2,000 people near Mississippi’s western border, the...
Mar 26, 2023 · At least 21 other people were killed when tornadoes swept through Mississippi Friday night, Gov. Tate Reeves said, warning that “many more are injured.”
- Biden Declares Emergency as Crews Dig Through Storm Wreckage
- Death Toll Rises in Mississippi
- Witnesses Describe Devastation in Mississippi Town Rolling Fork
- Biden Calls Mississippi Tornado Devastation 'Heartbreaking'
- Search and Rescue Efforts Underway Saturday
- Tornado Reports in Mississippi, Alabama
- What to Know About Hard-Hit Sharkey County
- Deadliest Tornado to Hit Mississippi in Over 10 Years
- Nighttime Tornadoes Are Deadly
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, one of the poorest regions of the U.S. Search and recovery crews on Sunday resumed th...
At least 25 people have died in four counties, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a news releaseSaturday. The agency said dozens more are injured. Four people who were reported missing overnight have been accounted for as search and rescue efforts continue, according to the agency. "Multiple state agencies and partners are working ...
There are nearly 20 homes on Seventh Street in Rolling Fork with around 80 residents. Every home was a complete loss. John Brewer and his wife Joyce were sitting in their home Friday night on the street when the storm came through. Brewer, a long-haul trucker, who hauls munitions across the country for the U.S. military, parked his 27,000-pound tru...
President Joe Biden said he has reached out to Gov. Tate Reeves and spoken with FEMA and local authorities to offer federal support in recovery efforts. "The images from across Mississippi are heartbreaking," he said in a statement. "While we are still assessing the full extent of the damage, we know that many of our fellow Americans are not only g...
Significant amounts of debris are blocking roads, the Mississippi Department of Transportation said. Patients from Rolling Fork's Sharkey-Issaquena Community Hospital were transferred to other hospitals after the building was damaged by the storm, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a state ...
There were at least two dozen tornado reports Friday across Mississippi and Alabama, including in Mississippi's Rolling Fork, Silver City and Winona, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center. In Alabama's Morgan County, first responders are going door-to-door to check on residents. Crews rescued a man who was stuck in the m...
With a population of about 3,600, Sharkey County is a predominantly Black county with a high poverty rate. About 71% of the county's population is Black and 27% is white,according to 2021 Census data. About 35% of the county's households are in poverty, while the county has a median household income of just under $39,000. The nationwide median hous...
Friday's storm was the deadliest tornado to hit Mississippi since at least 2011, and potentially the deadliest in more than 50 years. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has also been hit by a number of deadly and costly hurricanes over the years, from the storm of 1947 to Hurricane Katrina. The National Weather Service sent crews to survey the tornado, but...
Nighttime tornadoes are twice as likely to be deadly as daytime tornadoes, scientists report. A 2008 study published by Northern Illinois University professors Walker Ashley and Andrew Krmenec found that nighttime tornadoes made up only 27% of all tornadoes from 1950 to 2005, but were responsible for 39% of all tornado deaths. In fact, one in 32 ni...
Mar 25, 2023 · How many people died in the Mississippi tornadoes? At least 25 people were dead, dozens injured and four missing in the wake of a spate of tornadoes, the Mississippi Emergency Management...
Mar 25, 2023 · A rare, long-track tornado left a trail of devastation across western Mississippi on Friday night — killing at least 25 people, tearing buildings and leaving thousands of homes without...
Mar 25, 2023 · A deadly tornado outbreak and strong thunderstorms swept across Mississippi and Alabama late Friday, with one long-track twister leaving a trail of destruction for more than 90 miles, local and federal authorities said. At least 25 people have died in Mississippi.
