One person is dead and at least four tornadoes have been confirmed after storms swept through Mississippi Tuesday and Wednesday. Malary White, external affairs director for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, said officials are still reviewing assessments from various counties. “This is very, very preliminary and can definitely change,” White said. Early reports indicate at…
Remembering South Georgia’s deadliest day of tornados
It was Georgia’s third deadliest tornado outbreak in history when a line of thunderstorms unleashed tornadoes across the state and narrowly missing Jacksonville. On Jan. 22, 2017, a severe line of storms swept through Adel and Albany, taking 16 lives, wiping out homes and destroying lives, making it the deadliest tornado outbreak in the southern…
22 years later: Remembering Arkansas’ largest tornado outbreak
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Twenty-two years ago on Jan. 21-22, Arkansas saw its largest tornado outbreak in history. On that date, 56 tornadoes touched down. The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued 48 tornado warnings that day alone. Most of the tornadoes that formed did so along the Interstate 30 and Highway 67 corridor…