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U.S. NEWS Monday 15 april 2019

Strong storms in U.S. South kill at least 8 and injure dozens

Continued from Front said one person was killed 72-year-old Robert Scott
in Weches, 6 miles south- said he had been sleep-
At least one person was west of Caddo Mound. ing in his recliner late Sat-
killed and about two dozen There was widespread urday when he was awak-
others were injured after a damage in Alto, a town ened and found himself
suspected tornado struck of about 1,200, and the in his yard after a tornado
the Caddo Mounds State school district canceled ripped most of his home off
Historic Site in East Texas classes until its buildings its foundation.
during a Native Ameri- can be deemed safe. His 71-year-old wife, Linda,
can cultural event in Alto, A tornado flattened much was in a different part of
about 130 miles (209 kilo- of the south side of Franklin, the house and also sur-
meters) southeast of Dallas. Texas, overturning mobile vived, he said. They found
Cherokee County Judge homes and damaging oth- each other while crawling
Chris Davis said the fatality er residences, said Robert- through the remnants of
that was reported was of son County Sheriff Gerald the house they have lived
a woman who died of her A roof a home that was blown off a home rests on the ground Yezak. Franklin is about 125 in since 1972.
critical injuries. in Hamilton, Miss., after a deadly storm moved through the area miles (200 kilometers) south “We’re living, and God has
In neighboring Houston Sunday, April 14, 2019. of Dallas. The weather ser- blessed us,” Scott, a retired
County, the sheriff’s office Associated Press vice said preliminary in- manager for a grocery
formation showed an EF-3 store meat department,
tornado touched down said Sunday as neighbors
with winds of 140 mph helped him salvage his be-
(225.3 kph). It destroyed longings.
55 homes, a church, four National Weather Service
businesses, a duplex, and meteorologist John Moore
part of the local housing said a possible twister
authority building, authori- touched down in the Vicks-
ties said. Two people were burg, Mississippi, area. No
hospitalized for injuries that injuries were reported, but
were not thought to be life- officials reported damage
threatening, while others to several businesses and
were treated at the scene, vehicles. The storm dam-
Yezak said. Some people aged a roof of a hotel in
had to be extricated from New Albany, Mississippi,
damaged dwellings. and Mississippi State Univer-
Heavy rains and storms sity’s 21,000 students hud-
raked Mississippi into the dled in basements and hall-
night Saturday as the storms ways as a tornado neared
moved east. Roy Ratliff, 95, the campus in Starkville.
died after a tree crashed University spokesman Sid
onto his trailer in north- Salter said some debris,
eastern Mississippi, Monroe possibly carried by the tor-
County Road Manager nado, was found on cam-
Sonny Clay said at a news pus, but no injuries were
conference, adding that a reported and no build-
tornado had struck. Nine- ings were damaged. Trees
teen residents were taken were toppled and minor
to hospitals, including two damage was reported
in critical condition. A tor- in residential areas east
nado was reported in the of the campus. The large
area 140 miles (225 kilome- storm system also caused
ters) southeast of Memphis, flash floods in Louisiana,
Tennessee, at the time. where two deaths were
In Hamilton, Mississippi, reported.q