Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South.
The mayor said his town was devastated.
“Help is on the way,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said at a news conference with local, state and federal leaders. About 100 buildings were damaged, with at least 30 uninhabitable, and five people suffered minor injuries, officials said. Many roads, including Interstate Highway 85, were blocked by debris.
Berry said she and her 12-year-old daughter huddled and prayed inside a nearby church as the storm roared outside. The twister flattened entire blocks, obliterated houses, ripped a steeple off a church and toppled a municipal water tower. The tornado that slammed into Rolling Fork tore across Mississippi for about 59 miles over a period that lasted more than one hour, the National Weather Service said in a preliminary report Sunday. The tornado was an estimated three-quarters of a mile wide at some points, according to the preliminary estimate.
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