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mississippi officials reported least eight deaths and sharkey county, which includes the town of rolling fork, where homes and businesses were flattened, and trees and power lines were knocked down. humphreys county. at least three people were killed and at least two people are in critical condition. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson, and we spoke with the president of one of the towns that was hard hit, who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through? listen to this. you could hear the tornado in the you could hear the roar in the background and she started screaming. for help. and she said that, um she wants it stopped roaring her, she said. it s raining through my roof. it s raining through my roof, so we rushed down to evacuate her immediately. officials in morgen county, alabama, say first responders freed up to seven people who were trapped in a group home and as the storm system ....
As the storm system moves east tornado and severe thunderstorm watches are now spread across parts of alabama, tennessee, georgia and into north carolina. right now, more than 100,000 homes and businesses and in the south are without power. we re joined on the line now by storm chaser erin rigby in vicksburg, mississippi, just south of rolling fork. thanks for being here with us. i understand you arrived at the town literally, literally right after the tornado touched down. it must have been absolutely terrifying. tell me about what you saw. absolutely this tornado was one of those tornadoes that went 0 to 100. very very quickly. it started out just outside of town and probably about a mile southwest of the town before it was impacted as justice cylinder cone tornado, and it quickly grew with every lightning flash into a huge at least quarter mile wide wedge tornado and i actually didn t realize how close we were to the town and the path of the tornado was taking until it was too late ....