Incredible Video Shows the Moment a Kitten Was Pulled From Tornado Debris in Mississippi
The kitten appeared uninjured after Lemley heard its meows, dug it from the debris, and handed it to the United Cajun Navy.
- On Thursday, storm chaser Ashton Lemley rescued a kitten from a tornado-damaged trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, after hearing its faint meows pierce the predawn darkness.
- Violent storms spawned at least three tornadoes across Mississippi on Wednesday, flattening two dozen homes and injuring a dozen people in Bogue Chitto.
- Navigating the debris, Lemley spent several minutes searching before digging through insulation from a collapsed wall, discovering the kitten huddled between two wooden posts.
- Lemley passed the kitten to the United Cajun Navy, a volunteer disaster-response group based in Louisiana, who dried it off and took it to safety.
- Lincoln County reported at least 200 damaged homes, while Lamar County sustained about 275 homes destroyed, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency coordinating relief efforts.
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Terrified Kitten Survives Mississippi Tornado and Is Rescued from Flattened Trailer Park
Storm chaser Ashton Lemley was helping look through the rubble of a Mississippi trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Lincoln County, which had been ravaged by multiple tornadoes, when he heard a young feline crying out for help. He found the terrified kitten hiding in between two wooden posts.
Kitten rescued from storm rubble in Bogue Chitto
BOGUE CHITTO, Miss. (WDAM) – A kitten was rescued from rubble following Wednesday’s storm. Storm chaser Ashton Lemley captured video of the moments the kitten was pulled from the rubble in Bogue Chitto. The video shows the wet kitten hiding between wood posts. Lemley passed the kitten to the United Cajun Navy, according to his Facebook. The organization dried off the kitten and took it to safety. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: More than 200 structures dama…
Kitten rescued after Mississippi tornado
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