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The local library and animal shelter were destroyed, the Rolling Fork Police Department sustained roof loss and some collapse of exterior walls, and the fire station, post office, city hall, Rolling Fork Elementary School, South Delta High School, and a church were significantly damaged. One person died in a mobile home that was destroyed. [25 ...
On March 24, 2023, a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. A slow-moving trough moved eastward across the United States and interacted with a moist and unstable airmass originating from the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in widespread heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms, and significant tornadoes over a four-day period.
Dramatic before and after satellite photos of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, tornado. Before photos were taken on Dec. 27, 2022. ... and the EF4's nearly 60-mile path of obliteration can be seen clearly.
An EF4 tornado tore through the western Mississippi town of Rolling Fork on Friday night, causing total destruction as it ripped through the small, tight-knit community. The outbreak of storms ...
The tornado cut a devastating path of at least 274km (170 miles) through parts of the deep south ‘Mile-wide’ tornado wipes out town of Rolling Fork and leaves at least 26 dead in the south ...
Chaney called the place "Rolling Fork" because of the swiftness of the water at a fork in the creek there. [4] A post office was established in 1848. [4] When Sharkey County was established in 1876, during the Reconstruction era, Rolling Fork was made the county seat. A newspaper, The Deer Creek Pilot, was established in 1884. [4]
Satellite images show the scale of destruction in Rolling Fork, Mississippi after a powerful tornado tore across the state on Friday 24 March. At least 25 people were killed and hundreds of ...
The small town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, is still picking up the pieces from the catastrophic EF4 tornado that impacted the area on Friday - a process that was able to begin just moments after ...