1 Dead, Nearly 2 Dozen Injured After Multiple Tornadoes Sweep Through Mississippi

Dana Jackson holds her four month old daughter Brynlee Jackson, while she and daughter Genesis Jackson watch relatives salvage personal items from a relative's mobile home that was demolished by an apparent Sunday night tornado that swept through Louin, Miss., on June 19, 2023. Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo

LOUIN, Miss.—Multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, officials said Monday.

State emergency workers were still working with counties to assess the damage from storms in which high temperatures and hail in some areas accompanied tornadoes. The death and injuries were reported by officials in eastern Mississippi’s Jasper County.