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Rural communities in western Mississippi are surveying and cleaning up the damage after an unusual and powerful tornado tore through the area Friday night.
The tornado killed at least 25 people in Mississippi and one in Alabama, destroyed buildings and left hundreds without shelter.
The tornado landed in Rolling Fork around 8 p.m. local time before blowing through nearby towns including Silver City, Black Hawk and Winona, staying on the ground for an hour and 10 minutes.
The National Weather Service says it spanned roughly 170 miles and had a path of 59.4 miles, an unusually long distance compared to what it calls a typical tornado path of 1-2 miles.
The NWS has given the tornado a of 4 out of 5 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale, which estimates wind speeds (in this case,
