Marshall County, MS community devastated by storms

MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. — A wide swath of the Mississippi community of Slayden was devastated by the violent weather Wednesday night into Thursday.

“We didn’t hear anything. No hail. Nothing. All of sudden it got quiet, and it was over,” Rodney Rice said.

He was left in disbelief when the first light revealed the extensive damage.

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“My house and everything is safe, but my fences, all my cows and everything is gone as far as I know of,” he said. “It’s a very tight community. Everybody knows everybody. Everybody is at the store now setting up. Trying to see what’s going on.”…

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