A severe weather event in Mississippi caused a number of deaths and dozens of injuries as an outbreak of tornadoes hit the state., JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi was pounded Friday and Saturday by tornadoes, some fatal. Tornadoes, some of them triggering a rare tornado emergency, were reported in several counties on Saturday., A likely tornado ripped through Elliott, Mississippi, as the community slept, flipping cars, toppling power poles and tearing homes apart., A massive wedge tornado struck Tylertown, Mississippi, on Saturday amid an NWS tornado emergency. Dashcam footage captured its enormous size, and radar indicated a two-mile-wide debris ball., Tornadoes have struck the Midwest and South, leaving widespread damage in their wake. Learn more about the impact and where the storms are heading next here., .