Delta News
Biden visits tornado scenes, FEMA expands aid for victims
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 31, 2023 President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Rolling Fork on Friday to meet with survivors and witness damages from a deadly tornadoes that...
SFMO OFFERS TORNADO RESPONSE UPDATE AND SAFETY TIPS
The State Fire Marshal Office (SFMO) continues responding to the March 24, 2023 storms and tornadoes in the Mississippi Delta. Fire service teams have been in all damage areas making sure fire...
Fannie Lou Hamer’s last surviving child dies at 56
Fannie Lou Hamer’s last surviving child dies at 56 by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today March 30, 2023 Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, the last living child of civil and voting rights advocate Fannie...
MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL DEPLOYS TO STORM-RAVAGED ROLLING FORK
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is coordinating with the Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to deploy a mobile field hospital to Rolling...
Field hospital to open in Rolling Fork after tornado left town’s health care facilities in shambles
by Sara DiNatale and Kate Royals, Mississippi Today March 29, 2023 Rolling Fork residents devastated by last week’s fatal tornadoes that destroyed the town’s main health care centers and damaged...
‘Like you were unzipping a jacket’: How survivors barely missed tornado damage, and their next steps for rebuilding
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today March 31, 2023 ROLLING FORK – At first, Eddie Jones’ two 5-year-old twin daughters didn’t want to stay with his mother last Friday night. But after she insisted,...