Buildings wrecked and power lines downed by ‘supercell’ storm system as governor says search and rescue efforts continuing
The Sharkey-Issaquena community hospital on the west side of Rolling Fork was damaged, WAPT reported.
“Many in the MS Delta need your prayer and God’s protection tonight,” the post said. “Watch weather reports and stay cautious through the night, Mississippi!” He said the tornado struck another relative’s home across a wide corn-field from where he was. A wall in that home collapsed and trapped several people inside. As Knight spoke to AP by phone, he said he could see lights from emergency vehicles at the partly collapsed home.
Tornado experts like Ashley have been warning about increased risk exposure in the region because of people building more. “You mix a particularly socioeconomically vulnerable landscape with a fast-moving, long-track nocturnal tornado and disaster will happen,” Ashley said in an email.
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