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Search and rescue crews are looking for survivors after a deadly tornado tore through Mississippi’s Midwest region, killing at least 23 people. NBC’s Priscilla Thompson reports.
Search and rescue crews are looking for survivors after a deadly tornado tore through Mississippi’s Midwest region, killing at least 23 people. NBC’s Priscilla Thompson reports.
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Twenty-five of the 26 who died were in Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. In announcing the higher death toll Saturday afternoon, MEMA said four people who were missing had been accounted for.
Storm chasers Zachary Hall, 28, and Frankie Shepherd, 26, were some of the first people on the ground in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after a “violent” tornado ripped through the community Friday night.
Hall, of Greenwood, Arkansas, said they knew a tornado was about to hit and started honking their horn to warn residents. He said
the National Weather Service had sent out an alert about 12 minutes before the tornado touched down, but the pair did not hear sirens go off.
“We started honking our horn trying to get people’s attention because I do not remember tornado sirens going off in that town. There was a tornado warning from the National Weather Service, but I do not remember tornado sirens, so we were honking the horn,” he said.
Tornadoes swept through Mississippi Friday night, killing at least 23 people, 13 in Rolling Fork alone, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said.
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