The storm system that ripped through Mississippi and Alabama over the weekend, causing at least 26 deaths, and left residents and volunteers in the Mississippi town of Rolling Fork digging through rubble.
The tornado packed winds in excess of 165 m.p.h. and struck Rolling Fork late on Friday night, as most residents were at home. When daylight broke, the scale of the devastation became clear.
Photographers on the ground captured scenes of storm’s aftermath.
Sunday, March 27
Tornado cleanup efforts continued outside a church in Rolling Fork, Miss.
Lisa Robinson returned to her destroyed home in Wren, Miss., to look for medications and salvage clothes.
Damage to Geneva Gates’s home in Wren.
Residents continued to recover possessions from homes in Rolling Fork
Debra Morris outside what was left of the home where she had lived for her entire life in Rolling Fork.
Saturday, March 26
The remains of a home in Rolling Fork, Miss., a town of about 2,000 people.
Chuck’s Dairy Bar in Rolling Fork, Miss., after the tornado passed through the town.
Wonder Bolden holding her 1-year-old granddaughter, Journey Bolden, in Rolling Fork, Miss.
What was left of a house and car in Rolling Fork, Miss.
Cedric Miles searched through his belongings inside his destroyed home in Rolling Fork, Miss.
The view of Rolling Fork from a window inside Mr. Miles’s home.
Residents took shelter inside a makeshift clinic and relief center in Rolling Fork, Miss.
Hunting trophies outside a destroyed home in Rolling Fork, Miss.
The armory in Rolling Fork is the home base for all supplies coming into the town. Between 250 and 300 cots are being set up for people who lost their homes.
Greyson Kelley, 4, outside his home in Rolling Fork, Miss.
Anthony Gilbert, center, pushing an oxygen tank belonging to Lollie Whiting, left, amid the piles of debris in Rolling Fork, Miss.
A store that was ravaged by the winds in Rolling Fork, Miss.
Snapped branches covered a sheriff’s vehicle in Rolling Fork, Miss.
Broken bricks and splintered wood are all that remained of a home in Rolling Fork, Miss.
