Christmas Day cleanup begins for survivors of deadly tornadoes which killed 14 as search for the missing continues…(God Bless Them…)
Warm weather Wednesday helped spawn twisters that killed at least 14
They left dozens of homes damaged or destroyed across the southern US
Dozens of people were also injured in the storms, some seriously
Teams are searching damaged homes and businesses for missing people
Hunt is more complicated because so many had left for the holidays
Peak tornado season in south is spring, but storms can happen any time
Tornadoes hit Mississippi killing five and injuring dozens just last year
By DAILYMAIL.COM
25 December 2015
Cleanup began in earnest on Christmas Day after unseasonably warm weather Wednesday helped spawn deadly twisters that killed at least 14 and left dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.
Seven were killed in Mississippi – including a seven-year-old boy who died in a car that was swept up and tossed by storm winds – and six people were killed in Tennessee and one in Arkansas.
Survivors on Friday were grateful to be alive after the line of springlike storms continued marching east the day before, dumping rain that flooded roads in Alabama and caused a Georgia mudslide.
Barbara Perkins and her husband were hunkered down inside a closet when violent winds peeled the roof off their Mississippi home.
The storm sucked the central air conditioning unit beside the couple straight up from the floor and into the howling sky.
As the couple surveyed the damage Thursday, broken glass and mud covered most of their home’s interior.
Many of their belongings had been thrown hundreds of feet away into the woods.
A visiting insurance agent told them the house was a total loss.
Newly homeless, Perkins said she was happy just to be alive — especially after learning two of her neighbors had died in the storm.
‘You kind of stop and realize what Christmas is all about,’ Perkins said.
Four people – including a married couple and two neighbors on the same street, perished in rural Benton County in Mississippi during the storm, according to Fox News.
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