- At the least 19 folks had been killed when a twister and extreme storms swept via the US state of Mississippi late on Friday, reviews say.
- Search and rescue operations had been underneath manner in Sharkey and Humphreys counties.
- TV footage confirmed properties levelled and particles strewn throughout roads as emergency providers tried to get to those that wanted assist.
At the least 19 folks had been killed when a twister and extreme storms swept via the US state of Mississippi late on Friday, authorities advised ABC Information.
Search and rescue operations had been underneath manner in Sharkey and Humphreys counties, about 110 kilometer) north of state capital Jackson, the Mississippi Emergency Administration Company (MEMA) mentioned, based on ABC.
“Many within the (Mississippi) Delta want your prayer and God’s safety tonight,” Governor Tate Reeves mentioned on Twitter.
“Now we have activated medical assist – surging extra ambulances and different emergency property for these affected. Search and rescue is energetic,” he added, warning residents to “watch climate reviews and keep cautious”.
ABC reported that 13 folks had died in Sharkey County, three in close by Carroll County and one other two in Monroe County.
In Humphreys County’s Silver Metropolis, a state freeway patrol trooper advised ABC that one particular person had died.
TV footage confirmed properties levelled and particles strewn throughout roads as emergency providers tried to get to those that wanted assist.
“So far as official injury numbers, we’re not going to have that till morning, daylight time,” mentioned MEMA’s Malary White.
“Our predominant precedence proper now, particularly for the native first responders, it is life security and accounting for the folks and ensuring they’re protected,” she advised CBS Information affiliate WJTV.
Twister warnings had been issued in varied counties all through the state on Friday, however by 07:48 on Saturday, the Nationwide Climate Service for Jackson mentioned the “twister watch has expired throughout our forecast space”.
“Extra showers and thunderstorms are anticipated throughout our space,” it mentioned on Twitter, including that they had been “not anticipated to turn out to be extreme”.
