Deadly tornadoes across Mississippi and Alabama: More than 25 people lost their lives and thousands of houses were destroyed
Last Friday 12 tornadoes were created between Mississippi and Alabama resulting in more than 25 casualties, while thousands of houses were destroyed leaving people without a house. There were reported 6 tornadoes of the scale EF1, 3 tornadoes of EF2, 2 tornadoes of EF3 and 1 of EF4. The EF4 tornado's path was nearly 1000 km and began in northern Issaquena County and ended in northern Holmes County, lasting 70 minutes between around 8 p.m. and 9:10 p.m., local time and many people called it a "wedge tornado".
On Friday, the 7 most impacted counties reported 1.621 damaged houses with the most of them reported in Monroe County, where an EF3 tornado struck.
BREAKING: At least 23 Mississippi residents have been reported dead after a strong tornado struck the towns of Silver City and Rolling Fork last night. Further details of this horrible tragedy below:
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 25, 2023
- 23 Dead, but dozens are injured or still missing.
- Rolling Fork, pic.twitter.com/aEnJN5gPlk
Per Amory, Mississippi fire scanner: All of north Amory is gone. Multiple gas leaks and major damage reported after tornado. Responders having hard time moving through streets due to debris.
— BIG DAVE (@2bz4thot) March 25, 2023
Forecast Center says debris was being lofted at least 16,000 feet in the air.
pic.twitter.com/cebsgts3WP
Silver City, Mississippi.
— (@Youri47021927) March 25, 2023
And this is just the beginning.... a tornado is coming over the city. pic.twitter.com/TK3ZmJO1X4
these are the remains of the town of Rolling Fork, in Mississippi, through which a tornado roared. pic.twitter.com/YKSwp0rdDS
— Spriter (@Spriter99880) March 28, 2023
New storms hit Georgia on Sunday, creating a new EF3 category tornado. The tornado was noticed in LaGrange with an eastern direction around 7 a.m. EDT with many injuries reported later with hundreds of homes damaged while wind gusts exceeded 250km/h in the area.
Today, severe storms across the southern USA are heading eastwards bringing severe weather across northern Florida as well as Alabama, Georgia, while there is still the possibility of creating new local tornadoes.
The system that spawned tornados in Mississippi and Georgia the past couple of days has now arrived here in the Charleston area, bringing with it stiff breezes and moderate to heavy rainfall. I expect no major issues from this system, which should clear out some time tonight. pic.twitter.com/tiq71baDS0
— Pooetryman (@POOetryman) March 27, 2023