Storms and tornadoes hit the South Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least four dead — including a 7-year-old boy — and injuring at least 40 more while leveling homes and causing other damage, according to officials and the National Weather Service. Two other people were missing, officials said.
As of Wednesday evening, there at least 21 reports of tornadoes and confirmed twisters in Iowa, Mississippi and Tennessee, according to the NWS, including a “large and extremely dangerous” tornado near Oxford, MS.
The NWS in Memphis released a map showing the track of an “exceptionally long-track, violent tornado” that hit Northern Mississippi. Two people were found dead and two others were missing in Benton County, Mississippi, in the northern part of the state. Further information was not immediately available. And a 7-year-old boy and another person were found dead as a result of a storm in Holly Springs, Mississippi, according to the mayor.
No further details about the circumstances were immediately available. At least 15 people were injured there. At least six counties reported damage in Mississippi, where at least 40 were reported injured, and search and rescues were being conducted there. One of the storms, a reported tornado, hit Bellevue, MS, damaging 10-15 homes, at least 7 of which were destroyed, according to the Coahoma County Emergency Management.
Five injuries were reported there and 2 additional severe injuries were reported near Shannon Airport, in the Clarksdale, MS, area, the department said.
Source-ABC
