A Faint Meow in the Rubble of a Mississippi Tornado Leads to a Stunning Rescue

A Faint Meow in the Rubble of a Mississippi Tornado Leads to a Stunning Rescue.

Ashton Lemley picks up a kitten he found in the rubble of a trailer park damaged by a tornado in Bogue Chitto, Miss., on May 7, 2026. Ashton Lemley via AP

As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness.

The homes were flattened just hours earlier as storms spawned at least three tornadoes across the bottom half of Mississippi, injuring a dozen at the trailer park in the rural community of Bogue Chitto.