Rolling Fork, as seen in the above photo, has a majority African American population of about 2,000 people, with approximately 20% of residents living below the poverty line and 21% living in mobile homes, making them especially vulnerable to extreme weather. As you can see from the Census summaries below, the other affected towns in the Mississippi Delta are similarly situated. In the words of the mayor of Rolling Fork, Eldridge Walker, “Families are affected, homes are torn up, families are without a place to live, children are hungry this morning, no clothes.”
Click the image below for video of the destruction the tornado wrought in Amory, MS.
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Live updates: Tornadoes kill 26 across Mississippi, Alabama;
state of emergency issued The Mississippi towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City were
significantly affected, while deaths and serious damage have been reported in
the state. |
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