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At least 17 people were injured and entire communities were flattened after multiple tornadoes devastated Mississippi Wednesday night.Powerful storms spawned at least three tornadoes across central and western portions of the state, damaging around 500 homes. No deaths have been reported.Among the hardest-hit areas in the state is a 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 homes were flattened into heaps of splintered boards and twisted metal, aerial video from Thursday morning shows.A spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said 12 of the 17 reported injuries statewide were reported in Bogue Chitto.”It’s all gone. Ain’t nothing there,” said Max Mahaffey.Mahaffey, 15, said he’s lived at Wash Mobile Home Park with his grandmother for most of his life.”I was just watching TikTok on my bed and thought it was thunder. I went to my living room. I went back to my room and the room’s gone,” Mahaffey said. Mahaffey wasn’t hurt, but his grandmother hurt her ankle. He said some of his neighbors suffered cuts and bruises and others may have broken bones.Gov. Tate Reeves said a volunteer rescue group was providing a 50-person shelter pod, a high-powered generator and 10 pallets of supplies to Lincoln County, which reported hundreds of damaged homes.About 80 miles east of Bogue Chitto, widespread damage was also reported in Purvis in Lamar County, where Coaltown Baptist Church was reduced to rubble.Heartbreaking photos show the toppled church building, with the cross emerging from the damage.Congregation members said they then huddled in a hallway when the tornado hit. No one was injured at the church.Below video | Mississippi church congregation rides out direct hit from violent tornadoIn addition to Lincoln and Lamar counties, emergency officials said damage was also reported in Franklin, Lawrence and Wilkinson counties.More storms were expected Thursday with the possibility of tornadoes across parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida, the weather service said. Strong storms also were possible for parts of the Carolinas and Texas.
At least 17 people were injured and entire communities were flattened after multiple tornadoes devastated Mississippi Wednesday night.
Powerful storms spawned at least three tornadoes across central and western portions of the state, damaging around 500 homes. No deaths have been reported.
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Among the hardest-hit areas in the state is a 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 homes were flattened into heaps of splintered boards and twisted metal, aerial video from Thursday morning shows.
A spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said 12 of the 17 reported injuries statewide were reported in Bogue Chitto.
“It’s all gone. Ain’t nothing there,” said Max Mahaffey.
Mahaffey, 15, said he’s lived at Wash Mobile Home Park with his grandmother for most of his life.
“I was just watching TikTok on my bed and thought it was thunder. I went to my living room. I went back to my room and the room’s gone,” Mahaffey said. Mahaffey wasn’t hurt, but his grandmother hurt her ankle. He said some of his neighbors suffered cuts and bruises and others may have broken bones.
Gov. Tate Reeves said a volunteer rescue group was providing a 50-person shelter pod, a high-powered generator and 10 pallets of supplies to Lincoln County, which reported hundreds of damaged homes.
About 80 miles east of Bogue Chitto, widespread damage was also reported in Purvis in Lamar County, where Coaltown Baptist Church was reduced to rubble.
Heartbreaking photos show the toppled church building, with the cross emerging from the damage.
Congregation members said they then huddled in a hallway when the tornado hit. No one was injured at the church.
Below video | Mississippi church congregation rides out direct hit from violent tornado
In addition to Lincoln and Lamar counties, emergency officials said damage was also reported in Franklin, Lawrence and Wilkinson counties.
More storms were expected Thursday with the possibility of tornadoes across parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida, the weather service said. Strong storms also were possible for parts of the Carolinas and Texas.
