From Sunday
Two new photos added from emmyd123 and Chris Whiteside. Thanks for the photos.
To receive or offer help
- Shelters are set up for those without homes at Myrtle Methodist Church and Temple Baptist Church.
- Contact your local American Red Cross or Salvation Army.
- Contact the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency at 601-933-MEMA.
Thanks to Deste Lee and Shannon Dyson for some more photos. Sorry, I’ve lost the name of the contributor of the West Union baseball dugout and Enterprise Baptist Church. Thanks for those great shots, too. Feel free to send photos or information to todd.vinyard@djournal.com.
Daily Journal reporter Danza Johnson caught up with some of the brave people putting their lives back together after these terrible storms. Also nice to see pleny of helping hands to get them back on their feet.
Click here for the story from Sunday’s newspaper.
New Albany News-Exchange report and pictures.
From Saturday …
The Associated Press
The National Weather Service said unconfirmed tornadoes were reported in Alcorn and Union counties Friday, causing damage to at least two dozen homes in Union County.
There were no reports of storm-related deaths in Mississippi but that wasn’t the case in Arkansas where at least seven people were killed and hundreds of homes damaged due to violent storms Friday.
In Mississippi, officials said about 4,500 Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association customers were without power Saturday and two emergency shelters had opened in Myrtle.
On Saturday, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Womack, along with Republican Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, state Sen. Nickey Browning, D-Pontotoc, and local officials toured the damaged areas in Union County, according to a MEMA statement.
Storm damage was detailed in the statement as follows: in Coahoma County, one home was destroyed, one business had roof damage and 12 apartments had water damage; in Grenada County, several roads were flooded, but are now cleared; in Panola County, six homes had major damage and downed trees were reported; in Prentiss County, two homes, a business, five agricultural buildings and two roads had minor damage while two mobile homes were damaged; in Union County at least 10 mobile homes, 15 homes, two businesses and 10 agricultural buildings were destroyed and 25 homes suffered major damage.
Besides possible twisters, the storm front resulted in 3/4-inch to 1 1/4-inch hail in Marshall, Tunica and DeSoto counties in the northwest. Officials say numerous reports of damaging winds across Mississippi and Louisiana resulted in downed trees, power lines and other damage.
Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe who on Saturday toured tornado-damaged areas in central Arkansas declared 11 counties disaster areas. Among those killed in the Arkansas storms are 4-year-old Kadi Brumley, along with her grandparents — Malcolm Brumley, 62, and Robin Brumley, age unknown — when a tornado struck their home near Bee Branch, north of Damascus. At Siloam Springs, straight-line winds that destroyed a mobile home took the life of Eliana Chacon, 15.
In the countryside outside Damascus, John Rusin, 62, said he and his wife Marsha, 60, took shelter in a small room along with two dogs after local forecasters broke in on a network television show they were watching. He said winds almost ripped a mattress out of his arms as he held it over his wife.
MEMA said officers from Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety were on the scene Friday night and Saturday to assist local governments.
From Friday…
First, prayers and thoughts go out to those who suffered damage last night in the storms. Thankfully no deaths have been reported at this time. We’ve got some reader photos. Thanks to those who sent them and keep them coming.
The first three photos are from Daily Journal photographer Thomas Wells in New Albany. The next photo is from Justin Grant. He sent this photo on his iPhone from New Albany that his brother Jonathan Grant took. The fifth photo is from Daily Journal employee Shannon Dyson in New Albany. And then Brad chips in with the sixth shot from New Albany. Thanks for all the pictures.
Union County and other parts of NeMiss were hit hard with tornadoes and other damaging weather Friday night. Tell us your story or offer words to let those who went through the storm know Northeast Mississippi is thinking about them with comments below or email reports to todd.vinyard@djournal.com.
Here is a look at our coverage so far …
Homes destroyed, two hurt in Union County
Click here for forecast today.
Click here for National Weather service information.
Arkansas was hit even worse than Mississippi. Here is a link to video of some of the tornadoes …
Click link for – Tornadoes ripped through Arkansas killing 8
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Some reader comments on the slide.com slide show …
From Sue Lesley -
ANGELS WERE ALL AROUND MY MOTHER ,, SHE IS IN GRACELAND CARE CENTER IN NEW ALBANY THANK YOU GOD FOR KEEPING HER SAFE !!!!!!!
From Sandy Hardin -
These photos of the funnel cloud are awesome.. What is the location of the white house?? Is their any damage to the area of old hwy 15 to Ripley ?
Sue glad to hear your mother is safe. Thanks to Sue and Sandy for sharing.
A couple of other responses from the slide show …
Jennifer – Angels were with us lasted night we live about a mile from west union our prayers go out to those with a loss.
Pondguy – Those photos of the tornado is what we saw headed straight tword our home. Thank god for fema helping to provide us with a storm shelter last year.