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Despite destruction, survivors of violent Southern storms thankful to see another Christmas
Tornado watches remained in effect from southern MS to central Indiana.
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An 18-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning when a tree fell through her roof. The toddler was taken to a hospital in Russellville, and no condition was immediately available.
Among the dead in MS was a boy of seven after one particularly brutal storm picked up and tossed the vehicle he was travelling in, fire chief Kenny Holbrook told reporters in the town of Holly Springs, where thousands greeted Christmas Day without power. Police there said several homes were blown off their foundations. The storm was bringing with it the risk of falling trees, downed power lines and flash flooding, officials said.
Search teams combed damaged homes and businesses for people still missing, including at least one man in hard-hit Benton County.
At least one tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service just 13 miles southwest of Centerville in Hickman County.
In Holly Springs, Mississippi, where a tornado caused significant damage, the Holly Springs Multipurpose Center and the Salvation Army were also collecting donations.
“Rolled right over me”. She started praying when she heard sheet metal hitting trees.
Television images on The Weather Channel showed what appeared to be a twister moving along the ground for several minutes near Clarksdale, Mississippi.
About an hour ago, Mosier says three other tornados touched down at the same time in northern Mississippi.
A few concrete blocks are all that is left of Teresa McKay’s home in Benton County after a tornado tore through it Wednesday afternoon.
A powerful storm system roared across the South, claiming seven lives in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas and injuring scores more.
“They’re opening all our tornado shelters because they say there’s an 80 per cent chance of a tornado today”, Holland said. “Suit up, try to cheer people up, and try to make them feel a little better with Christmas coming around”. I think people are in better spirits because it’s warm out. I don’t like it. I prefer the cold in the winter, in December.
“So thankful”, said McKay.
Only about half of the nation, mostly in the West, should expect the possibility of a white Christmas.
“It’s very ugly; it’s very scary”, Wilson said.
In his Christmas Eve homily Thursday, Pope Francis noted the simplicity of Jesus’ birth as he rebuked what he called societies’ intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth.
The National Weather Service said a widespread swath of Coffee County received as much as 10 inches of rain in a 24-hour period ending 7 a.m. Thursday, and a foot of rain was recorded north of Enterprise.
Christmas gifts are stacked outside of a demolished home after a tornado blew through Selmer, Tenn., this week.
At least 40 people were injured in the state, Governor Phil Bryant said, as he issued a state of emergency that will allow local governments to request aid for recovery.
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The moment she got inside, he said he shut the door and put down the bar.