Mississippi tornadoes kill 23, injure dozens overnight

POWERFUL tornadoes tore through the Deep South on Friday night (Saturday in Manila), killing at least 23 people in Mississippi, obliterating dozens of buildings and leaving an especially devastating mark in a rural town whose mayor declared, "My city is gone."

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said in a Twitter post that search and rescue teams from local and state agencies were deployed to help victims impacted by the tornadoes. The agency confirmed early Saturday that 23 people had died, four were missing and dozens were injured.