The storms killed seven people, injured scores of others and destroyed dozens of cars, homes and businesses.
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Bobby Watkins and his wife huddled beneath their old oak dining table for shelter as storm winds roaring outside their MS home tossed a barn onto their truck outside, tore the steeple off a nearby church and reduced a neighboring building to rubble. The smell of freshly overturned dirt and trees lingered in the air as emergency crews tended to downed lines.
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Crews were struggling to get everyone back online by Christmas, and Wheeler says they’ll be hard at work through the weekend. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory that will last through late morning Thursday.
At least three people have been confirmed dead in MS after multiple tornadoes swept through the state. In addition, seven people were killed in MS and one died in Arkansas.
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In Benton County, Mississippi, where at least four deaths occurred and people were missing, crews searched house-by-house to make sure residents were accounted for. In Chambers County, emergency officials said two roads had collapsed because of rain, causing natural gas leaks from ruptured lines.
We’ve got your #WinterForecast so you know what the upcoming season has in store. “There’s no good side to this, but at least the storm was not in highly populated areas, like a downtown”.
Benton County Sheriff A.A. McMullen confirmed to CBS News that three people in that county were killed as a result of the storms.
The previous deaths in Tennessee were a 70-year-old male and a 69-year-old female in Perry County, and a 22-year-old male in Rhea County.
In Atkins, Arkansas, 18-year-old Michaela Remus was killed when a tree crashed into the bedroom she was sharing with her 18-month-old sister. The toddler was extricated by emergency personnel and transported to an area hospital. One person is unaccounted for in the state.
Officials believe at least 14 tornadoes touched down in MS on Wednesday, with one touching down for about 100 miles and stretching into Tennessee.
The National Weather Service also issued a tornado emergency declaration for the small town of Holly Springs, which was next in its path. According to the National Weather Service, a tornado emergency means that significant widespread damage is expected with a high likelihood of fatalities.
Flooding is expected across much of Georgia and South Carolina Thursday, and the National Weather Service says there is a risk for storms, including tornadoes, damaging rain and winds from Tennessee to the mid-Atlantic region through Christmas day.
“Rolled right over me”. She started praying when she heard sheet metal hitting trees. Trees rested atop several trucks on his property, and slabs of brick walls were strewn throughout his yard after the storm.
Dramatic photos of the storm bearing down on Holly Springs emerged Wednesday night. Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said some of the injuries included amputations.
It is bad that this happened any time of year, but it is especially heartbreaking around the holidays.
The stormy weather scrambled winter getaway plans in Florida even as dreams of a white Christmas melted in northeastern swaths of the country where unseasonably warm temperatures prevailed. Christmas Eve highs in Atlanta and Charlotte are also forecast in the mid-70s.
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Most watches and warnings had expired by 8:30 p.m. ET, the National Weather Service said, although a few strong tornadoes were still possible Wednesday night across Middle Tennessee, extreme southern Kentucky and parts of northern Alabama and northeast Mississippi.
