Bad Weather in South

Uprooted tree in Starksville, Mississippi.

A possible tornado and bad weather ripped through several states in the South including Yazoo City, Mississippi where high winds tore through the city and left many homes damaged.  Although Yazoo City is not directly on the coast it was stated in class that some of the most severe weather occurs in this area because it is near warm coastal waters.  Many of the cities prized public buildings were also badly damaged, a hardware store from the movie "O' Brother Where Art Thou" was badly damaged and the courthouse was ravaged by numerous down trees.  In all some 24 businesses were damaged following the tornado which means that phase three of the disaster, reconstruction will take some time as will normal life.  Many of these storms happened later in the evening when people were going to sleep or had already done so and therefore the warnings were quick which didn't leave much time to get to safety.  Fortunately no one was hurt this time but a tornado in the same area in April, which is peak month for tornadoes killed 12 people.  People in Alabama and South Carolina were also affected by the storms that passed through this past week.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2010-11-30-south-storms_N.htm