{"id":1904785,"date":"2023-03-25T09:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T13:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-23-dead-after-tornado-rips-through-mississippi\/"},"modified":"2023-03-25T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T13:42:08","slug":"at-least-23-dead-after-tornado-rips-through-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-23-dead-after-tornado-rips-through-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 23 Dead After Tornado Rips Through Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-23-dead-after-tornado-rips-through-mississippi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1904785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><span>Following a storm that struck the state&#8217;s western region on Friday night, about two dozen people have been confirmed dead in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mississippi<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency revealed early Saturday morning that 23 people have been confirmed dead and four are missing. The tornado, which was around a mile wide and <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/7-dead-mississippi-tornado-official\/story?id=98117564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traveled<\/a> for over 100 miles, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/article\/search-and-rescue-ambulances-dispatched-to-help-mississippi-tornado-victims\/43415196#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>devastated<\/span><\/a><span> the small towns of Rolling Fork, Anguilla, and Silver Creek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like this,\u201d Rolling Fork resident Brandy Showah <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/25\/weather\/us-severe-storms-saturday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> CNN. \u201cThis was a very great small town, and now it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: According to US media reports, at least 19 people died in Mississippi tornadoes and winds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YzIAjHQmSe\">pic.twitter.com\/YzIAjHQmSe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1639583046893436929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a>, Insider Paper(@ TheInsiderPaper )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, the storm struck Rolling Fork soon after 8:00 p.m. on Friday night while traveling at 50 mph. For hundreds of Mississippians, the devastating wind tore off roofs, leveled homes, and cut off energy. Governor Mississippi Tate Reeves forewarned the people of his condition, updated them on the steps the state is taking, and tweeted a request for prayer shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span>Reeves stated that&#8221; many in the MS Delta need your worship and God&#8217;s safety evening.&#8221; For those who are affected, we have activated health support, increasing the number of vehicles and other emergency vehicles. There is activated search and rescue. Keep an eye out for climate reports and exercise caution all evening, Mississippi!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Owners of Rolling Fork jumped to one another&#8217;s aid as soon as the storm hit the town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEverybody is helping everybody,\u201d one resident <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/article\/search-and-rescue-ambulances-dispatched-to-help-mississippi-tornado-victims\/43415196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> WAPT News. \u201cNot just in this part of town, it\u2019s everywhere.\u201d Another Rolling Fork resident told the local news channel he will be out to help with clean up for \u201cas long as it takes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8221; I believed I was dying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Rolling Fork remember the destruction and death that occurred shortly after the tornado touched down, as well as the assistance that has already arrived to help the little community. @ 16WAPTNewspic twitter.com \/ d5RKafJnS3<\/p>\n<p>Bradley Davis WAPT(@ DdavisBradley ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DdavisBradley\/status\/1639589541513244672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eldridge Walker, the mayor of Rolling Fork, revealed to CNN on Saturday morning that rescue efforts were still underway and that he sees&#8221; devastation&#8221; everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-1213\">TO GET THE DAILYWIRE + APP, CLICK HERE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Many households below are impacted. Many communities are suffering, Walker claimed. &#8221; This place is in a situation that we never expected, but just now, what matters to me is that these people are taken care of.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two dozen people are confirmed dead in Mississippi after a tornado hit the western part of the state Friday night.\u00a0 The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency revealed early Saturday morning that 23 people have been confirmed dead and four are missing. 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