SEVERE WEATHER: Three dead Monday as tornadoes wreak havoc again
TUPELO, Mississippi (CNN) — People in northern Mississippi and Alabama huddled in hallways and basements as a string of tornadoes ripped through their states Monday, a day after another line of storms killed 16 people to their west.
Two people were killed at a trailer park west of Athens, Alabama, on Monday, according to a post on the City of Athens Facebook page.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency for all counties.
One person died Monday in Richland, Mississippi, as a result of a tornado that touched down in the area, according to Rankin County Emergency Management Director Bob Wedgeworth.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said the twisters inflicted “severe damage” around the town of Louisville, about 90 miles northeast of Jackson, and more around Tupelo. Winston Medical Center, Louisville’s major hospital, was among the buildings hit, Bryant told reporters.
“We have had early reports that the Winston Medical Center has received damage from a tornado. Walls are down. Some gas leak is occurring,” he said.
State emergency management chief Robert Latham said authorities were grappling with “multiple events over a wide part of the state,” and that more tornado warnings were expected.
“This is not over. It’s going to last on into the night,” he said.
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