“It hurts to look, because I won’t come home tonight,” said Butler, who still managed to smile after discovering her dog had come out unscathed. The storm destroyed Britney Butler’s home in Tupelo, WMC-TV reported. Some gas leak is occurring,” Bryant said. “The Winston Medical Center has received damage from a tornado. Winston Medical Center, Louisville’s major hospital, was among the buildings hit.
Phil Bryant said the twisters inflicted “severe damage” around the town of Louisville, about 90 miles northeast of Jackson.
Of the eight fatalities in Mississippi, one occurred in Richland, said Rankin County emergency management director Bob Wedgeworth. Nathan Deal did the same as the severe weather advanced toward his state, saying it was impossible to know where the storm might do damage. Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency for all counties. People were trapped for a time in the church, but no one was seriously injured, Horace Walker, a spokesman for Jefferson County Emergency Management, told “New Day.”Īlabama Gov. In Jefferson County, Alabama, where Birmingham is located, a fire station was hit, as was a church. Severe weather also rumbled through the Birmingham area late Monday. A third person died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, after a retaining wall collapsed on him. Two people died in Lincoln County, Tennessee, near the border with Alabama.Īnd two more were killed at a trailer park west of Athens, Alabama. “Heard blocks hitting cars above me, glass flying all around the pit where we were.” “Right as it ripped the roof off the building … we all jumped in the pit,” Bishop told CNN affiliate WMC-TV. “That was just a miracle of God,” he said.Īnthony Bishop and his co-workers also had a close call when the storm hit their lube shop. In Tupelo, employees at a Steak Escape restaurant survived by huddling in the bathroom as the storm destroyed the building around them, Mayor Jason Shelton told CNN’s “New Day.”
Few additional details were immediately available. Sign up for breaking news and weather alerts – click here.Įight people died in Mississippi on Monday, the state emergency management office said.
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People across the region huddled in hallways and basements Monday as a string of tornadoes ripped through their states.ĭownload the free News 8 App – for iOS, click here and for Android, click here The first two days of this powerful spring storm system, which is expected to rage into Wednesday, claimed 29 lives in six states. The greatest risk will again be in the Deep South, with Mississippi and Alabama in the bull’s-eye for the worst of the storms. People from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, and from the Midwest to the East Coast, are advised to keep their eyes to the sky and their ears to the radio. Some 75 million Americans are under threat of severe weather on Tuesday. TUPELO, Mississippi (CNN) - The scope is staggering.
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