MEMPHIS, Tenn. Silver City and Rolling Fork, Mississippi were hit hard by Friday night’s destructive tornadoes, with at least 25 people dead in Mississippi as well as dozens of others injured. The National Weather Service out of Jackson, MS said the following, “The Rolling Fork/Silver City tornado has received a preliminary EF-4 rating. We […]
ROLLING FORK, Miss. Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens and flattening entire blocks. One person was killed in Alabama.
Powerful tornadoes tore through the Deep South on Friday night, killing at least 23 people in Mississippi, obliterating dozens of buildings and leaving an especially devastating mark in a rural town whose mayor declared, "My city is gone."