Mississippi hit by tornadoes

 

RORY DOYLE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES A powerful storm hit central Mississippi, killing 23 people and taking one life in Alabama.  Dozens of people were injured, and four were missing as the story unfolds, NY Times reports. Sixty thousand electricity customers were without power in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The National Weather Service warned about the possibility of severe weather capable of producing tornadoes. The storms were prompted by a cold front moving west to east across the region. There were several "rogue" supercell storms. The town of Rolling Fork in the Mississippi Delta was described as "ground zero" for tornado damage. Governors from other states and Biden administration officials pledged assistance.