At least 11 dead from tornado in Mississippi – “The town is gone” says a resident – Video

At least 11 people died during a tornado and severe thunderstorms that hit western Mississippi on Friday night.

The severe storm damaged homes and left thousands without power, officials said Saturday morning.

🚨#BREAKING: Numerous people are screaming for help in Amory Mississippi after a catastrophic tornado passed through

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The US National Weather Service confirmed that the tornado touched down in Silver City as well as Rolling Fork.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” one resident told CNN. “We used to live in a great little town that is now destroyed.”

🚨#BREAKING: Reports of Multiple confirmed fatalities including a 1-year-old baby after a destructive Tornado went through
⁰📌#RollingFork | #Mississippi

Currently Multiple confirmed fatalities have been reported after a Mile wide Catastrophic tornado pic.twitter.com/k6rOUtDEMe…

— RAWSALERTS (@rawsalerts) March 25, 2023

The tornado tore down homes, downed trees and downed power lines in the area, he said.

The tornado was traveling at more than 50 mph (80 kph) when it touched down over Rolling Fork shortly after 8 p.m. local time, the weather service said.

At least 7 killed after tornado devastates Rolling Fork, Mississippi – WAPT pic.twitter.com/25YnN1V2SK

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The storms knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee with more than 50,000 outages reported in Alabama alone, according to the monitoring site PowerOutage.us.