Just after 8 p.m. on March 24, most residents of the rural and slumberous hamlet of Rolling Fork, Miss., had settled in for bad weather. Earlier in the day, the
They see double-digit percentage point drops in June and July.In the mid-South, including Rolling Fork, the study projects supercell activity peaking two hours later, from 6 to 9 p.m. instead of 4 to 7 p.m. That means more nighttime supercells.If you want a disaster, create a supercell at night where you cant go outside and visually confirm the threat so people dont take it as seriously, Gensini said.The eastward shift also puts more people at risk because those areas are more densely populated than the traditional tornado alley of Kansas and Oklahoma, Ashley and Gensini said.
and alabama. at least 26 people were killed in friday s storm. the ef-4 tornado had winds of over 166 miles per hour. as you can see, it flattened buildings, crushed vehicles, widespread devastation. president biden yesterday declared a federal emergency, freeing up funds to help with recovery and relief efforts. joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. good morning. detail us, if you will, please, what more the white house and the federal government is going to be able to do in terms of its response to the recovery efforts in alabama and particularly in storm-ravaged mississippi. yeah, jonathan. good morning. we saw over the weekend president biden issued this statement, calling the images coming out of mississippi absolutely heartbreaking. he said he and first lady jill biden are praying for these affected communities, especially as these communities face new storm threats today. we know that dhs secretary
will recover and rebuild when they can. we re just trying to get what we can out of the rubble. it s pretty shocking and very sad, very sad. everybody is coming together and it is great. god will get us through this and we will come out stronger. alexandria: this is just the start of the tornado season for the gulf states. ashley: alexandria hoff, thank you. to fox news meteorologist janice dean tracking the latest. janice: 11 confirmed tornados march 24th and 25th. zooming in to where we had the deadliest tornado rolling fork was ef-4. up to ef-5 on the rating system we look at. then look at the before and after of rolling fork.