14 Tornadoes Reported Across Mississippi as Powerful Storms Ravage Hundreds of Homes, Knock Out Power
Authorities said at least 17 people were injured and about 500 homes were damaged as multiple tornadoes swept across several counties.
- On Wednesday, at least 3 tornadoes tore through southern Mississippi, destroying mobile homes and uprooting trees while injuring over a dozen people.
- The National Weather Service issued two rare tornado emergency alerts in Mississippi on Wednesday, marking the third and fourth such emergencies in the United States this year.
- Survey crews confirmed an EF1 tornado in the Smithburg-Dillon area with 90 mph peak winds, while two EF0 tornadoes struck near Enon and Darbun with 85 mph and 80 mph winds respectively.
- Debris blocks parts of the highway near the intersection of US 84 and Interstate 55 in Brookhaven as cleanup crews continue assessing damage across the region.
- The Storm Prediction Center forecasts a growing chance for scattered showers and storms through Saturday, with a level one out of five severe storm threat issued for the region.
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Tornado survivors crawled under furniture
BOGUE CHITTO, Miss. — Anunciata Schwebel could only watch in horror on FaceTime while her friend and tenant slunk into a bathtub to take cover from one of several tornadoes that slammed into Mississippi just after sunset Wednesday. Her friend screamed that the windows were breaking. Schwebel could see on her screen the devastation to the cluster of cottages she owned in the town of Purvis — walls and roofs ripped away, her tenants huddled in the…
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