“What we found was devastation all around us,” Rolling Fork Mayor Eldridge Walker said.
At least eight people were killed when a powerful tornado ripped through the Mississippi Delta on Friday night, leaving a trail of destruction in its path, officials said.
The deadly tornado touched down around 9 p.m. before sweeping northeast at 70 mph without weakening as it crossed into Alabama.
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