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NWS tracks deadly Mississippi tornadoes

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NWS tracks deadly Mississippi tornadoes
NWS tracks deadly Mississippi tornadoes

Mississippi governor declares state of emergency after deadly Easter tornado outbreak.

TORNADOES CLOUD ACROSS,MISSISSIPPI.STILL SO MUCH WORK LEFT TO DHERE IN WALTHALL COUNTY AN AREASTILL RECOVERING FOR THATMASSIVE STO THAT HIT EASTERSUNDAY AND HERE PEOPLE MORNINGFOR THE ONE MAN WHO COULD NOTGET OUT OF THE WAY THAT STORMTHE FAMILY OF MAXI LOUIS STILLCLEANING UP WHAT’S LEFT OF THEIRHOME IN, WALTHALL COUNTY.MATE, YOU CAN WHAT CAN WE DOWITH NATURE A FAMILY FACING THEFACT THAT HE WAS KILLED BECAUSEHE WAS CAUGHT OUTSIDE OF HISHOME WHEN A TORNADO ROLL THROUGHIF HE GOT RUN CODE.A HEALTHY H PROBABLY STILLBEING HERE BUT THE TORNADO PICKUP THE HOUSE AND TWIST IT ROUNDAND RAN OVER HIM THERE WEREMULTIPLE TWISTERS THAT LEFT APATH OF DESTRUCTION THE DRUM ANDHOPE SIX MILES OUTSIDE OFPRENTISS.SAW TWO TWISTERS.COME CALLING ONE HALF HOUR TIM ATRUCK AND I’ HOODIE HEREMA’AM.I WAS THE SECOND STORM.YEAH, THAT WAS THE SECOND STONE.SO THAT WAS GONE.NO ONE GOT US.FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SALVAGINGWHAT’S LEFT OF THEIR HOME THATWAS TORN TO BITS.THEY ARE DOCUMENTING THE DAMAGEFOR INSURANCE ADJUSTERSMATERIAL.POSSESSIONS IS IS GOOD.BUT LIFE IS BETTER THE NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE HAS MULTIPLETEAMS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THESTATE.THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO ASSESSHOW MANY STORMS THERE WERE ANDHOW POWERFUL EACH STORE WAS.IT’S THE TREE BEING UPROOTED.THIS IS A PRETTY STRONG HARD ANDLARGE TREE THAT GOT UPROOTED NOTNECESSARILY THE CAR NOW WHEN ITCOMES TO CARS IF YOU WANT TOSTICK WITH THAT IF IT GETSTOSSED IF IT GETS PUSHED YARDSAND YARDS AWAY, THAT’S WHEN ITBECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORETELLING IT IS A DAUNTING TASKTHAT THE NATIONAL WEATHERSERVICE BELIEVES WILL TAKE ATLEAST A WEEK BEFORE THEY’RE ABLETO ASSESS ALL THE STORMS THATHIT OUR STATE FOR RESIDENTS INTHIS AREA OF WALTHALL COUNTY.THEY COULD BE LOOKING AT WEEKS.PERHAPS EVEN MONTHS TO RECOVERFROM THE STORMS IN WALTH

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