The declaration will make federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit by the storm.
"How anybody survived is unknown by me," said Rodney Porter, who lives 20 miles south of Rolling Fork.He arrived to find"total devastation" and said he smelled 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.
She said she was feeling"blessed" because her own home was not destroyed, but other people she knows lost everything.Further tornadoes are possible in the southern US state. Pic: AP "They said you need to take cover, but it happened so fast a lot of people didn't even get a chance to take cover." Storm survivors walked around on Saturday, many dazed and in shock, as they broke through thickly clustered debris and fallen trees with chainsaws, searching for anyone trapped.
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