Crews on Sunday continued the harrowing task of digging through the debris of flattened and battered homes after hundreds of people were displaced by a destructive tornado that tore through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the U.S. At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others injured as the storm ripped through towns, flattening entire blocks and obliterating houses Friday night
“How anybody survived is unknown by me," said Rodney Porter, who lives 20 miles south of Rolling Fork. When the storm hit Friday night, he immediately drove there to assist in any way he could. Porter arrived to find “total devastation” and said he smelled natural gas and heard people screaming for help in the dark.Annette Body drove to the hard-hit town of Silver City from nearby Belozi to survey the damage.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he viewed the damage in a region speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. He spoke with Biden, who also held a call with the state’s congressional delegation.
Perrilloux said preliminary findings showed the tornado began its path of destruction just southwest of Rolling Fork before continuing northeast toward the rural communities of Midnight and Silver City and onward toward Tchula, Black Hawk and Winona.
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