10 dead astornado ripsthrough Mississippi
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April 26, 2010, Monday
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RESCUERS yesterday scoured neighborhoods of splintered homes and twisted debris in Mississippi, a day after a devastating tornado sliced through the southern American state and killed at least 10 people, including three children.
The high winds on Saturday ripped roofs off buildings in Yazoo County, home to about 28,000 people.
Governor Haley Barbour said there was "utter obliteration" and at least 100 houses in Yazoo County were severely damaged. "This tornado was enormous," he said.
Meteorologists said it was too soon to tell whether a single long-lasting tornado - or multiple shorter ones - caused the arc of death and damage in far-flung Mississippi communities.
Josiah Moton, 31, and his girlfriend, Morgan Hayden, 27, are now homeless but survived without a scratch by huddling together in a bathtub. The bathroom was the only part of the house not reduced to rubble.
"Someone else's kitchen sink is where our kitchen used to be," Hayden said.
Yazoo County's coroner, Ricky Shivers, was in his own truck when the winds flipped the vehicle four times. Shivers went to the hospital to have bruised ribs and cuts treated, then went out to help identify bodies in his hospital gown.
Tornadoes were also reported in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, and the severe weather continued to track northeastward early yesterday.
The severe weather began in Louisiana, just across the state line from Mississippi when a tornado destroyed 12 homes and a chemical company's warehouse.
The storm system moved east, with the twister killing four in Yazoo County. Another was killed in adjacent Holmes County. A little farther northeast, a tornado hit Choctaw County, where another five victims were reported, including children ages 3 months, 9 and 14.
The high winds on Saturday ripped roofs off buildings in Yazoo County, home to about 28,000 people.
Governor Haley Barbour said there was "utter obliteration" and at least 100 houses in Yazoo County were severely damaged. "This tornado was enormous," he said.
Meteorologists said it was too soon to tell whether a single long-lasting tornado - or multiple shorter ones - caused the arc of death and damage in far-flung Mississippi communities.
Josiah Moton, 31, and his girlfriend, Morgan Hayden, 27, are now homeless but survived without a scratch by huddling together in a bathtub. The bathroom was the only part of the house not reduced to rubble.
"Someone else's kitchen sink is where our kitchen used to be," Hayden said.
Yazoo County's coroner, Ricky Shivers, was in his own truck when the winds flipped the vehicle four times. Shivers went to the hospital to have bruised ribs and cuts treated, then went out to help identify bodies in his hospital gown.
Tornadoes were also reported in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, and the severe weather continued to track northeastward early yesterday.
The severe weather began in Louisiana, just across the state line from Mississippi when a tornado destroyed 12 homes and a chemical company's warehouse.
The storm system moved east, with the twister killing four in Yazoo County. Another was killed in adjacent Holmes County. A little farther northeast, a tornado hit Choctaw County, where another five victims were reported, including children ages 3 months, 9 and 14.
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