In Mississippi and Tennessee – two of the hardest hit states – the Red Cross and local organizations began accepting donations and volunteers Christmas morning to ensure families who had lost homes or possessions had somewhere to spend the holiday.
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After a string of tornadoes struck MS on Wednesday, killing seven and injuring more than 40 people, Gov. Phil Bryant issued a state of emergency Thursday. The Storm Prediction Center stated at the least 14 tornadoes hit MS on Wednesday., nevertheless it was a single tornado in that did a lot of the injury.
Daisy Johnson, 68, told The Associated Press that she and her husband rushed along with other relatives to the storm shelter across the street after they heard a tornado was headed their way.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says it has received reports of another death and another missing person attributed to the severe weather system that is still impacting the state.
More severe weather was also in store for parts of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee that were again being pounded with rain.
Search teams have been combing through damaged buildings in the affected states, the situation complicated by the fact many people may be away for Christmas. The woman and her 1 1/2-year-old sister were sleeping in a bedroom of the house, when winds uprooted the tree that crashed through the roof.
The Tennessee Department of Agency (TEMA) has declared a Level III State of Emergency.
But the abnormally balmy temperatures had tragic consequences in weather further south, where more than a dozen tornadoes were reported in six states.
However, isolated thunderstorms were still possible from the Mid-Atlantic to the Gulf Coast. Highs in Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, on Christmas Eve were forecast to be in the mid-70s.
The storms, feeding on unseasonable warm air, left a trail of destruction in rural communities from IL to Alabama, just as Christmas reached its crescendo. The wind tore the back of his house from its foundation and multiple sheds were missing afterward, he said. Trees rested atop several trucks on his property, and slabs of brick walls were strewn throughout his yard.
The weather was unusually warm on Wednesday and it helped spawn twisters from Arkansas to MI.
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The storms killed at least six people in MS, including a seven-year-old boy who died when the storm picked up and tossed the auto he was in, officials said.
