Residents of northern MS and across the Southeast were beginning to take stock after fierce storms that killed at least six across the region whipped through.
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Reports said the storm picked up and tossed the auto he was travelling in.
In Wayne County, Tennessee, there were reports of multiple injuries, homes being damage and powerlines being brought down after what was likely a tornado.
“Now that it’s dark”, he said, “it’s going to be hard to look at the damage”. Luckett said that he came across some horrifying damage with overturned planes, sheet metals wrapping the trees and damaged buildings.
According to the news service, video images showed that the tornado appeared to be on the ground for more than 10 minutes. Interstate 55 was closed in both directions as the tornado approached, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said.
After an EF-1 tornado struck the south Indianapolis suburb of Greenwood, television stations showed pictures of damage, including part of a roof blown off a veterinary office.
The authorities in MS said at least three people had died in the state, and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reported two fatalities in Perry County.
Around midday, government forecasters turned to a benchmark they had not used in more than 18 months, an advisory for a “particularly unsafe situation” involving tornadoes, and warned that the atmosphere was “conducive to long-track supercells with significant tornadoes and damaging winds as the primary hazards”.
“They’re opening all our tornado shelters because they say there’s an 80 percent chance of a tornado today”, Holland said. Only about half of the nation should expect the possibility of a white Christmas.
Across Mobile Bay in the small town of Loxley, Mandy Wilson watched the angry gray sky and told drivers to be careful as she worked a cash register at Love’s Travel Stop.
Wilson said. “Never can tell though”. There’s water standing really bad.
Record highs already have been recorded early on Christmas Eve in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse as temperatures top 60 degrees in each city.
In parts of Georgia, including Atlanta, a flood watch was posted through Friday evening as more than 4 inches was expected, the National Weather Service said.
“It’s unusual but certainty not unprecedented to see severe weather similar to this in December”, says Meteorologist Greg Carbin at the national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla.
One year ago a tornado hit south-eastern MS, killing five people and injuring dozens more.
The storms are continuing their march across the USA, with forecasters warning of a moderate tornado risk later in the day for several Southern states. Johnson planned on staying with relatives Wednesday night and said no one inside the house was injured.
Storms packing strong winds and heavy rain slammed the United States midsection, prompting warnings about Christmas yard decorations becoming projectiles.
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