Emergency Declared after Tornado Kills 4 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Storms Leave Damage in Alabama

[ucrdem]

Source: weather.com

Severe storms and at least one tornado tore through the South on Saturday, killing four in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and ripping the roof of a Wal-Mart in Warner Robins, Georgia. There were also reports of flooding and power outages in Alabama.

On Saturday afternoon, Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict announced the identities of the four victims: Earnest Perkins, 58; Cleveland Madison, 20; David Wayne McCoy, 47 and Simona Cox, 72.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency during a Saturday afternoon press conference.

Read more: https://weather.com/news/news/severe-storms-tornadoes-south-impacts

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[yallerdawg]

1. These are spring storms!

Our trees are blooming and budding in Montgomery!

Our cold snaps now are like a couple times a winter.

[ucrdem]

4. Winter took a five-year holiday here in cali too

but came back with a roar a few weeks ago, meaning rain and snow, which we needed. But this Hattiesburg storm looks bad. When I was there last summer they'd just missed getting washed away in that big LA flood. Lovely place but I drove through the worst storm I can remember to get there . . . anyway stay safe !

[catbyte]

2. Jesus H. Christ. These shouldn't happen until March/April. They had an EF-4 just a

few years ago in February. Earlier and earlier. Yeah, Drumpfelthinskin, just because you deleted the Climate Change webpage doesn't mean it DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST!!!!!

[Flatpicker]

3. Obviously this didn't happen

Nothing is going to happen in the US until DT gets back from his vacation weekend.

Seriously,
Sorry for the families of the victims though.

[Feeling the Bern]

6. Save us, DT. "Yeah, let me sink this putt and get my golden shower first."

You're conservatives. . .don't run to the government for help. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps

[RBInMaine]

5. Send SuperTrump down to save them! I'm sure he can stop tornadoes in their tracks!

[Feeling the Bern]

7. I'd pay to watch him get sucked into the vortex of an EF5

[elmac]

8. 50 deg in MI today

Indian summer, won't last long but I like it.

[olddad56]

9. Well, I doubt if we can count on the Army Corp of Engineers any longer

to maintain levees and other flood control matters. I'm sure Trump will gut that agency soon.

[laserhaas]

10. Hattiesburg is home to 2 competing Hudson's

Which are nationwide Salvage Retailers