Dozen tornadoes leave path of destruction in Mississippi

A fatal tornado outbreak damaged hundreds of Mississippi homes

THE RECOVERY WORK WELL UNDERWAYAND THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DOIN THIS AREA.SEVERAL STORMS ROLLED THROUGHTHE AREA LEAVING A MASSIVE MESSIN IT'S WAKE.RESEARCHERS WITH THE NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE STILL TRYING TO TRACKTHE TORNADODAMAGE ACROSS THE STATE..

MULTIPLE TEAMS FROM THE NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE HAVE SPREAD OUT ACROSSTHE STATE..

NWS TEAM: ARE THEWALLS DOWNIS IT JUST PARTIAL WALLS THATAREDOWN ..THIS ONE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE 6MILESOUTSIDE OF PRENTISS ...A WIDEPATH ODESTRUCTION AND WITNESS ACCOUNTSINDICATE IT WASN'T JUST ONETWISTER.FELECIA BOWSER/NWS: THAT IS TWOTHAT AT LEAST CAMETHROUGH HERE SO FAR.... TWOSTORMS POSSIBLE CONVERGING INONEAREA WITHIN A HALF HOUR OF EACHOTHER.FELECIA BOWSER/NWS: I WOULD HAVETO GUESTIMATE AT LEAST ADOZEN..PERHAPS MAYBE A LITTLEMORE .THE NATIONAL WEATHERSERVICE IS STILL COUNTING HOWMANYSTORMS DESCENDED ON THE AREA..TURNINGEASTER INTO A DEADLY HOLIDAY.THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF DAMAGEDESCRIBE HOWSTRONG EACH TORNADOWAS...TWISTED METAWRAPPED AROUND TREES.

TREESREDUCEDTO SPLINTERS OR SIMPLY RIPPEDFROM THEGROUND.FELECIA BOWSER:IT IS THE TREEBEINGUPROOTED THIS IS A LARGE STRONGTREE THAT GOT UPROOTED WITHCARS YOU WANT TO STICK WITH DID TOSSED DID IT GET PUSHED YARDSAND YARDS AWAY THAT IS WHEN ITGETS A LITTLE MORE TELLING.

BUT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE STORM'SPATH ...THERE IS NO DOUBT THATTHEY ARE FACING DAYS AND WEEKSOF RECOVERY .TODAY ...JUST STARTING THEPROCESS OFCLEARING WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIRHOMES.

LIVE INWALTHALL COUNTY SCOTT SIMMONS 16WAPTNEWS.

NOW TO THE STORM DAMAGE IN YAZOOCOUNTY...16 WAPT'S MARCUS HUNTER IS ONCARTERROAD, AND TELLS US HOW THETIMING OF THESTORM SAVED LIVES.

I AM STANDING ON A PIECE OF SLABWHICHUSE TO HAVE A BUILDING ON TOP OFIT.

THATBUILDING NOW, WRAPPED AROUND ATREEBUT YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH OF THETREE BECAUOF ALL THE TIN A WOOD THAT ISWRAPPEDAROUND IT FROM THIS BUILDING,WHICH USE TOBE A HOME FOR WORKERS.

WHILETHEY WOULD BE HERE WORKING ATTHEYAZOO PLANTERS GIN, ABOUT EIGHTWORKERSWOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THATBUILDING, BUT THIS IS THE OFFSEASON.SO NO ONE WAS THERE WHEN THISTORNADORIPPED THROUGHI AM GLAD NOBODY WAS HOME, YOUCAN GET MORE MATERIAL TO BUILD AHOME BUT YOU CAN'T GET ANOTHERSOUL.JUST SOME OF THE DEBRIS THAT WASVISIBLE, YOU CAN SEE A WATERHEATER LAYINGTHERE ON THE GROUND, ALSO AWASHINGMACHINE AND AN AIR CONDITIONINGUNIT LAYING ON THE GROUND ASWELL.

JUST PIECES OFWOOD AND SPLINTERS ALL OVER THEPLACE,TOILETS RIPPED FROM THEIRFOUNDATIONTHROWN OVER THE PLACE.

YOU CANALSO SEE MATTRESSES.

IN THEDEBRIS FIELD THERE WAS ALSO AREFRIGERATORTHAT WAS THROWN AT LEAST 200YARDS AWAYTHERE WAS A TREE AND THAT TREEWAS ANOTHER 20 FEET TALL, ANDEVERYTHING IS WRAPPED AROUNDTHAT TREE, AND IT CUT THE TOPTHAT TREE OUT SO IF YOU HAD BEENAT HOME IF YOU DIDN'T GET HUREAL BAD YOU COULD LOSE YOURLIFE.FURTHER DOWN ON HIGHWAY 49 ASTORAGEBARN WAS DESTROYED, THE HOMESTANDINGACROSS THE STREET FROM IT SEEMEDUNTOUCHED.OTHER STORAGE BUILDING IN THEAREAHAD DAMAGE ALSIT WAS BIG ENOUGH TO DO SOMEREAL DAMAGE,COULD HAVE COST A LOT OF LIVESO, WE ARE JUSTLUCKY THAT IT COME AND HIT THEPLACES WHEIT WEREN'T NOBODY DWELLING.

NOINJURIES WERE REPORTED ON YAZOOCOUNTY.

MARCUS HUNTER 16 WAPTNEWS... ACCORDING TO MEMA -- YAZOOCOUNTY ISREPORTIN