Trail of dead cows lays bare the destruction of Southern tornadoes as another nine die in powerful Alabama and Mississippi twisters
- Mississippi and Alabama have been hit by a series of tornadoes on Monday evening
- At least nine people are reported dead - seven in Mississippi, two confirmed in Alabama and the toll is expected to rise with four more unconfirmed deaths in Limestone County
- A woman died earlier on Monday in Mississippi when her car either hydroplaned or blew off a road during the storm in Verona, south of Tupelo
- Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant had earlier declared a state of emergency in advance of the dangerous storms
- Twisters killed at least 15 people in Arkansas and Oklahoma on Sunday and the powerful storm system is set to continue to threatened large parts of the South until Wednesday
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Published: 00:36, 29 April 2014 | Updated: 08:59, 29 April 2014
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The destruction being wreaked by a series of tornadoes across the south was laid bare on Monday by images of a horrifying trail of dead and injured farm animals tossed aside by twisters.
The images emerged from Arkansas as another series of tornadoes hit Mississippi and Alabama on Monday night, part of a powerful storm system that has threatened large areas of the South with more twisters, severe thunderstorms, damaging hail and flash floods, authorities said.
At least nine deaths were reported from severe storms blowing through the South on Monday evening, but the toll is expected to rise.
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Horrifying: dead and injured cattle lay in a field near Vilonia, Arkansas on Monday in the wake of a Sunday tornado
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Awe-inspiring: A funnel cloud is seen crossing the town of Louisville, Mississippi, yesterday
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Fury: Lighting strikes from a TVS (tornadic vortex signature) storm in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Torrent: A sheet of water cascades down the front of a building in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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A demolished car sits on North Gloster Street across from what remains of a shell gas station in Tupelo, Miss, after a tornado touched down on Monday
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Devastation: Residents go through the rubble of their home, one day after it was destroyed by a tornado near Vilonia, Arkansas, on Monday
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A newly built school was destroyed by one of Sunday's tornados in this aerial photograph near Vilonia, Arkansas
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Constance Lambert embraces her dog after finding it alive when returning to her destroyed home in Tupelo, Miss., on Monday
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Tornados flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and injured numerous people in Mississippi and Alabama on Monday as a massive, dangerous storm system passed over several states in the South
In Mississippi, officials say up to seven people have been killed. State Director of Health Protection Jim Craig said Monday night that officials are working with coroners to confirm the total. Winston County Coroner Scott Gregory said six fatalities were reported in that county alone.
In north Alabama, Limestone County Emergency Director Rita White said the coroner's office had confirmed two deaths in a twister that caused extensive damage west of the city of Athens.
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