Search and rescue operations are underway after a devastating tornado tore through Mississippi and Alabama late Friday. Here are ways to help those affected by the disaster.
Debris from a tornado covers the ground from Chuck's dairy bar diner, March 25, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss.The extent of the damage was being assessed Saturday, though the severe storm has left at least 24 dead and dozens injured after traveling more than 100 miles, authorities said. Sharkey County in western Mississippi, including the town of Rolling Fork, was particularly hard-hit.
A truck sits on a building after a tornado the previous evening, Mar. 25, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss."Houses gone. Gas stations destroyed. Trees, power lines blocking entrances everywhere. Stray animals. People wandering the streets clearly in shock," Storm chaser Edgar O'Neal, who was on the ground in Rolling Fork, told "Good Morning America." "We saw lots of first responders as well.
Jourdan Hartshorn, the Mississippi coordinator for the volunteer organization United Cajun Navy, told ABC News that most of the buildings in Rolling Fork were damaged or destroyed.Based on first-hand accounts from the organization's volunteers in Rolling Fork, United Cajun Navy President Todd Terrell likened the extent of the devastation to "Joplin or worse," referencing the 2011 tornado that killed 161 people.
A Federal Emergency Management Agency Region team is responding to assist state authorities, officials said. Debris from a tornado covers the ground from Chuck's dairy bar diner, March 25, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss.Volunteer Mississippi, the state office of volunteerism, is urging private citizens to not self-deploy to affected areas and to wait to see how they can help.
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