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HAMILTON, Miss. — More than 1,000 volunteers have registered to aid with tornado recovery in one northeast Mississippi town. WCBI-TV reports that among volunteer groups assisting with tornado recovery in Hamilton are 15 members of Team Rubicon, a group largely made up of military veterans. More than 130 structures were damaged when tornadoes hit Monroe County on April 13, part of a 19-tornado outbreak statewide. A 95-year-old man died in Hamilton when a tree toppled onto his mobile home. The state has opened a volunteer reception center to help organize aid. Rev. Hubert Yates of the National Voluntary Organizations Active In Disaster says volunteers began with local people hours after the twisters struck. Hamilton resident Debra Lawrence says she’s been impressed by people offering to feed victims, clean property and even wash clothes.
  • A roof a home that was blown off a home rests on the ground in Hamilton, Miss., after a deadly storm moved through the area Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • In this image made with a wide angle lens, debris is littered on the ground where a home once stood in Hamilton, Miss., after a deadly storm moved through the area Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • Leslie Harrington kneels down to help a former neighbor and family friend look for jewelry in her destroyed home along Seely Drive outside of Hamilton, Miss., after a deadly storm moved through the area on Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • Riley Carter, left and Thomas Boles, center help Jerry Whitaker, right clean up the remains of his brothers house on Seely Drive outside of Hamilton, Miss. after a storm moved through the area on Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • Roman Brown, left and Sam Crawford, right move part of a shower wall out of their way as they help a friend look for their medicine in their destroyed home Sunday, April 14, 2019, along Seely Drive outside of Hamilton, Miss. after an apparent tornado touched down Saturday, April, 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • A man looks at a piece of wood that was blown through the windshield of his daughters truck in Hamilton, Miss., after a storm moved through the area Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • Roman Brown moves part of a wall out of his way as he looks for a friends medicine in their destroyed home along Seely Drive outside of Hamilton, Miss. after a storm moved through the area on Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)
  • Robert Scott looks through a family bible that he just pulled out of the rubble Sunday, April 14, 2019, from his Seely Drive home outside of Hamilton, Miss. after an apparent tornado touched down Saturday night, April, 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)