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Rescue workers in Mississippi continued to search for survivors Sunday after a powerful tornado ripped through the state a day earlier, killing 10 people, injuring several others and leveling many homes.
The storm system began in Louisiana where a tornado destroyed 12 homes and warehouses at Complex Chemical Co., which makes antifreeze and automotive fluids.
The storm moved east, with the tornado striking nearby Yazoo County, Miss., killing four people. The storm then claimed another life in adjacent Holmes County and then five more in Choctaw County, including children ages 3 months, 9 and 14.
The National Weather Service on Sunday gave the Mississippi tornado a preliminary rating of at least 3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale of 0-5, with wind speeds of up to 160 miles per hour and a preliminary path width of one and a half miles.
The tornado tore a path nearly a mile wide as it moved over parts of Mississippi, leveling a church, tearing roofs off houses, overturning cars and cutting off power to large areas of the state.
The most heavily damaged counties were Yazoo and Choctaw; however, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) said there weren't any reports of anyone being trapped in rubble.
MEMA officials reported at least 681 homes had been damaged and there were 31 injuries; however, it had not received full counts from Yazoo and Choctaw Counties.
The same storm system that produced Saturday's twister delivered severe weather to other parts of the South on Sunday, with tornadoes hitting Alabama and South Carolina
Source: ASU Herald
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