Houses have been reduced to piles of rubble in the Mississippi town of Rolling Fork as a deadly tornado ripped through several southern US states. Read more:
on Friday, producing hail the size of golf balls and prompting the authorities to warn residents they were in a"life-threatening situation".
"You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter... Considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible."Sheriff heartbroken after relative dies in US tornado The number of fatalities means the storms that ravaged parts of Mississippi overnight were the deadliest in the state in more than a decade.
People were trapped in piles of rubble and damage had caused gas leaks in Rolling Fork, local newspaper Vicksburg News reported the Sharkey County Sheriff's Office as saying.
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