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500 Homes Destroyed as Triple Tornadoes Ravage Mississippi—Is Your State Next?

500 Homes Destroyed as Triple Tornadoes Ravage Mississippi—Is Your State Next?

3 min readMississippiMay 7, 2026 11:28 PM IST Powerful storms that spawned at least three tornadoes tore through several Mississippi counties, damaging around 500 homes, uprooting trees and injuring at least 17 people, authorities said Thursday. There were no reports of deaths after the tornadoes cut across the state’s southwest late Wednesday evening, said Scott Simmons, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. He said 12 of those hurt were transported from a hard-hit trailer park in the small community of Bogue Chitto, about an hour’s drive south of the state capital in rural Lincoln County. Most of the two dozen homes at Gene’s Mobile Home Supply were flattened into heaps of splintered boards and twisted metal. People picked through the debris Thursday morning under cloudy skies as a chain saw buzzed in the background. Krystal Miller and six others — including babies as young as 4 weeks old — grabbed a Bible and sheltered in their home’s hallway when the tornado sent the building cartwheeling through the air. “We just flipped, and it …

Tornado outbreak in Tennessee claims five lives as storms ravage the state

Tornado outbreak in Tennessee claims five lives as storms ravage the state

Apr 03, 2025 10:34 PM IST A severe storm in Carroll County, Tennessee, has resulted in one death, bringing the total storm-related fatalities in the state to five. A person has died in Carroll County, Tennessee, due to the severe storms that have been sweeping through the state, according to Kristin Coulter, communications director for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. While no additional details have been provided, this brings the total number of storm-related fatalities in the state to five. In Carroll County, Tennessee, a person has died due to severe storms, increasing the state’s storm-related death toll to five. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)(AP) {This is a developing story. Please keep checking this space as the story develops.} Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Wildfires Ravage South Korea’s Southern Regions, 16 Dead, 19 Injured

Wildfires Ravage South Korea’s Southern Regions, 16 Dead, 19 Injured

Last Updated:March 26, 2025, 07:23 IST South Korean officials said that firefighters had extinguished most of the flames from the largest wildfires in those areas. Wildfires Ravage South Korea’s Southern Regions, 16 Dead, 19 Injured. (Reuters) At least 16 people died, and another 19 were injured as wildfires ravaged South Korea’s southern regions amid dry weather and strong winds, government officials said on Wednesday. Officials in Andong City and other southeastern cities and towns ordered residents to evacuate on Tuesday as firefighters struggled to contain multiple blazes fuelled by dry winds, which burned more than 43,000 acres of land and destroyed hundreds of structures, including a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple. More than 5,500 people were forced to evacuate from their homes in Andong, the neighbouring counties of Uiseong and Sancheong, and the city of Ulsan, where the fires were the largest, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Interior and Safety. South Korean officials said that firefighters had extinguished most of the flames from the largest wildfires in those areas, but the ongoing dry and windy weather …