At least 14 people were killed in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas as storms and tornadoes hit the South and Midwest late Wednesday.
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Authorities in parts of MS are conducting a house-by-house search-and-rescue operation after the state was hit by multiple tornadoes.
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“I’m looking at some horrific damage right now”, Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett said.
The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that the bodies of three people were found in a auto submerged in a Maury County creek Thursday afternoon. Among the storm-related fatalities in Mississippi were a man and a woman, both in their 60s, who were killed separately when a tornado destroyed their homes in Benton County, Mississippi, said state Highway Patrol Sergeant Ray Hall.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency in the aftermath of the storms.
Barbara Perkins was told Thursday by an insurance agent that her storm-damaged home in Falkner, Mississippi, was a complete loss.
The US East Coast meanwhile is enjoying unseasonably warm weather, with temperatures in New York’s iconic Central Park peaking at 22 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the warmest Christmas Eve since records began in 1871.
It’s a rainy day here in the Mid South, but that hasn’t stopped volunteers from opening the multi-purpose center here in Holly Springs to help out the victims of the tornadoes and boy are they generous.
A seven-year-old boy was among those killed.
In Linden, Tennessee, Tony Goodwin’s house was knocked down the hill. In Barbour County, Alabama, emergency management director David Logan said it felt more like summer than Christmas Eve early Thursday. The greatest threat for tornadoes, damaging wind – some of which could be hurricane force – and occasional hail was for areas from eastern Arkansas and northern MS to extreme southern IL, the prediction center said.
National forecasters were saying that the storm system that produced the severe weather had diminished in strength.
Mona Ables, 43, was driving home when the storm hit.
More than 100 million Americans were expected to travel during the holiday period beginning on Wednesday, 91 million of them by vehicle, according to the American Automobile Association.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a statement Friday night that there were reports of another death and another person missing.
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To the north, a weather service team was headed to Lauderdale County, Alabama’s northwestern corner, to determine whether a tornado was to blame for damage that included downed trees and damaged homes.
