BREAKING: At least 23 people are dead after tornadoes tear through Mississippi, officials say.
A father and his little girl were among at least 23 people killed when a tornadoes swept through Mississippi Friday night, officials said.
Elsewhere, Sharkey County Coroner Angelia Eason said there were 13 weather-related deaths in Rolling Fork, a small town with a population of about 1,800 people in western Mississippi.The coroner's office in Carroll County also confirmed that three people were found dead in destroyed house, while in Humphreys County, Coroner Samuel Irving said two men had died as a result of a tornado in Silver City, a community of around 220 about 30 miles east of Rolling Fork.
In the Silver City area, all Humphreys County sheriff's deputies were responding and jail personnel were tasked with assisting dispatch and asking for aid. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also been alerted and is monitoring the situation, she said. A tornado emergency is a term used when there is a severe threat to life, catastrophic damage and when reliable sources have confirmed a tornado, according to. It began to be used in 1999 when a tornado was headed towards Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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