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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — With the risk of severe weather hitting the Mid-South, multiple school districts have announced early dismissals for Friday, March 31. The early dismissals come after the National Weather Service predicted that much of the area would be at risk for high winds, heavy rain, wind damage and even tornadoes. Marshall County Schools […]

CARROLL COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – After a deadly tornado passed through Carroll County, three family members were found dead. The county was left in pieces after the fatal storm roared through last Friday. Survivors said 54-year-old Helen Munford, her husband 51-year-old Danny Munford and their 14-year-old twin son Jadarrion Murphy died in the storm. His […]

Meteorologists are urging people in parts of the Midwest and southern U.S. to be ready Friday for dangerous weather including tornadoes, saying the conditions are similar to those a week ago that unleashed a devastating twister that killed at least 21 people in Mississippi.

Lawmakers held a moment of silence on the House floor Wednesday to honor the victims of the deadly tornadoes that tore through Mississippi last week. Twenty-one people were killed after tornadoes ripped through Mississippi on Friday night. The weather event marked the deadliest tornadoes in the Magnolia State since April 2011, according to The Associated […]

A seemingly relentless series of severe storms, likely with deadly tornadoes, are forecast to rip across parts of America’s Midwest and South over the next couple weeks, especially Friday, meteorologists said. An unusual weather pattern has set in, last week triggering the devastating tornado that hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, and meteorologists fear this Friday will […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – President Joe Biden said he will travel to Mississippi to survey tornado damage following the devastating storms on Friday, March 24. The president made the announcement while visiting North Carolina on Tuesday. He did not reveal a timeline of his trip to Mississippi. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) continues to assess […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Families in Mississippi affected by this weekend’s tornadoes continue to rebuild their homes and lives. But now they have one less financial issue to worry about, at least for a while. The IRS has extended the tax deadline for Mississippi storm victims to July 31. The new deadline applies to both individual […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — With her sister behind the wheel, Queen’terica Jones rushed across the flat Mississippi Delta as a powerful tornado bore down on their mother’s home. The howling winds lifted the rear of their car off the ground and slammed them into a churchyard. They arrived too late. The tornado had already […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Firefighters in Lafayette County battled a massive house fire during a tornado warning in the area last week. The Lafayette County Fire Department said a home on Country Road 251 was fully engulfed when crews arrived before 9 p.m. Friday. Fire officials said the fire spread to a nearby shed, which was […]

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The supercell storm that devastated Rolling Fork, Mississippi is a single event […]

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