The Human Cost of Tornado Devastation Over the course of three harrowing days, a series of tornadoes tore across nine states in the Midwest and South, leaving heartbreak and destruction in their wake. The storm system, which spawned over 50 tornadoes ranging in strength from EF-2 to EF-4, claimed more than 40 lives. Communities—from small towns in Missouri to remote hamlets in Mississippi—are now grappling with the aftermath of this natural disaster. Among the hardest-hit areas was Mississippi, where an EF-3 tornado tore through the small community of Plantersville. Winds…
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