At least one person died and about two dozen people were injured overnight after a tornado hit central Mississippi, health authorities said.
The tornado struck the town of Louin, about 70 miles east of Jackson, late on Sunday, the National Weather Service said, adding that multiple tornadoes could have hit the area. Authorities planned a damage assessment on Monday before releasing more details.
The spokeswoman said most of the injured were in stable condition or had been discharged from emergency. The injury toll was expected to rise.About 400,000 customers across the U.S. South were without power on Monday morning, outage tracking website Poweroutage.us showed, including about 45,000 in Mississippi.in Texas and Florida and threatened to bring more extreme weather to the U.S. South over the long Juneteenth weekend.
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