Tornado picks up family's trailer, drops it 30 yards away
No one seriously injured, Yazoo City family says
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Updated: 9:59 AM CDT May 4, 2021
Marcus Hunter
No one seriously injured, Yazoo City family says
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Updated: 9:59 AM CDT May 4, 2021
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16 WAPT'S MARCUS HUNTER WAS THERE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TOGETHER TO HELP POORE ROAD IS JUST SOUTH OF YAZOO CITY. SUNDAY NIGHT IT WAS GROUND ZERO WHEN A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. THE SAVELL FAMILY HAD JUST MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOME JUST EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE STORM HITS AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THIS IS WHERE THEIR FAMILY TRAILER WANTS STOOD BUT WHEN THAT STORM BLEW THROUGH IT MOVED IT 30 YARDS OFF OF ITS PLATFORM IN THE LANDED UPSIDE DOWN DESTROYING THEIR HOME THEIR SON WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME THE FAMILY SAYS HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. I SAW HIM COMING OUT AND HE LOOKED ABOUT AS CRAZY AS I WAS HE IS A LITTLE SHOOK UP HE HASN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT TO SAY KIND OF IN SHOCK HE IS PHYSICALLY FINE OTHER THAN KIND OF BRUISED UP BEAT UP THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NAMED AFTER BILLY POORE'S FAMILY. HIS ANCESTORS LAID ROOTS HERE 300 YEARS AGO. HIS HOME AND THE FAMILY NURSERY WERE DESTROYED SUNDAY. HE SAYS IT WAS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT HE AND HIS WIFE MADE IT OUT. THANKFULLY NO ONE WHO LIVES IN THIS AREA WAS SEVERELY HURT GOD IS GOOD WE ARE ALL OK THIS IS JUST STUFF IT CAN BE REPLACED WE WILL START OVER. MONDAY DOZENS OF PEO