At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured after a rare winter tornado outbreak in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee since Wednesday. A large tornado tore a 160-kilometers path through northern Mississippi, demolishing or heavily damaging dozens of homes and other buildings in a six-county area before plowing into western Tennessee.
They are images we are used to seeing in early spring.. not during Christmas.
Homes ripped apart from tornadoes. All part of a powerful storm system that swept across the south and parts of the Midwest. The worst of it hit late Wednesday with deadly tornadoes touching down in three states.
In Perry county, Tennessee.. west of Nashville.. rescuers searched for people buried under the rubble.
In Marshall county, Mississippi, a seven year old boy died when the vehicle he was in was struck by a tornado. 18 people there were transported to the hospital in ambulances with many more injured.
People are returning to assess the damage as power crews work to restore electricity.
While the risk of tornadoes is diminishing. the concern now is flash flooding across parts of the southeast and mid-Atlantic with more thunderstorms expected through the Christmas holiday.