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A volunteer with Eight Days of Hope helps clean-up efforts along
King's Highway in southern Lee County on Tuesday, May 4, 2021,
following a series of tornadic storms that cut a path of
destruction through Northeast Mississippi on Sunday night.
Nonprofits like Eight Days of Hope and the local Red Cross had
volunteers on the ground helping with recovery efforts as soon as
the winds died down.
TUPELO • Disaster response agencies went to work immediately helping hard-hit communities in the aftermath of Sunday's tornadic storms.
Eight Days of Hope, a local faith-based organization that serves those in need after natural disasters, was in the hardest hit areas of Tupelo on Monday afternoon at 1 p.m., planning their response efforts immediately in the hours following the initial storm. Volunteers with the organization helped clean debris, removed trees and stepped in where needed alongside Elvis Presley Drive in Tupelo and affected areas in Pontotoc.