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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.

ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Cleanup is underway in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after an EF-4 tornado packing winds of 166 miles per hour or more all but leveled the town Friday night. In the tight-knit Sharkey County community, 13 people were killed but many survived and are giving thanks.          Georgia Russell, her son, and her […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The tornado that collapsed the roof and two walls of Jermaine Wells’ Mississippi home also hurled a massive tractor tire that landed near him in the living room as his wife huddled in the laundry room. The couple survived the Friday night storm, but as they picked through the ruins […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The City of Olive Branch announced that it is accepting donations on behalf of the victims harmed by the tornado that struck Mississippi on Friday, March 24. Working alongside the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Olive Branch is asking for supplies, bottled water, canned goods, and paper products. Donations can be dropped […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) provided an update on the damage caused by the severe weather and tornadoes that hit the state on Friday, March 24. MEMA confirmed that there were 21 storm-related deaths. There were 13 deaths in Sharkey County, three in Carroll County, three in Humphreys […]

OXFORD, Miss. — From Silver Springs to Oxford, people across Mississippi are dealing with the impact of Friday’s storms. While some are cleaning up, others have decided to lend a helping hand. From downed power lines to uprooted trees, the impact of Mother Nature is abundantly clear. Despite the damage to James Redding’s Lafayette County home, […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — 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. At least 25 people were killed and […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, the Rev. Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows. Friday’s storm flattened entire town blocks, but the […]

Two tigers that “briefly escaped” following a possible tornado in Southwest Georgia were recaptured, Pine Mountain Safari said Sunday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill aimed at transgender health care puts the state in the middle of a national fight, but with more immediate consequences as the state’s looming election offers an early test on the state-by-state assault on gender-affirming care for minors. The veto issued Friday set […]

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, and flattening entire blocks as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was […]