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Tornado Sweeps Through Mississippi Town

by KREX News Room
by Jacklyn Thrapp

Story Created: Feb 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 11, 2013 at 10:20 AM MDT

Hattiesburg, MS- Residents are shaken by a tornado that mangled homes in Mississippi are waking up to a day of removing trees, patching roofs and giving thanks for their survival. More than a dozen in the state were injured.

Daylight also offers emergency management officials the chance to get a better handle on the damage that stretched across several counties. Gov. Phil Bryant plans to visit hard-hit Hattiesburg, where a twister moved along one of the city's main streets and damaged buildings at the governor's alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi.

Emergency officials said late Sunday that at least 10 people were injured in surrounding Forrest County and three were hurt to the west in Marion County, but they weren't aware of any deaths.

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