PEOPLE, PRAY! DESTRUCTIVE MILE-WIDE 130mph TORNADO KILLS AT LEAST 21 (DEATH TOLL MAY RISE) AFTER OBLITERATING MISSISSIPPI TOWNS OF SILVER CITY AND ROLLING FORK AS IT PLOUGHED ACROSS THE STATE LEAVING DOZENS STILL TRAPPED IN RUBBLE AND OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND WITHOUT POWER. DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT GOSPEL SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, SAYS THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE BORN-AGAIN-SAVED, PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE, GO AND HELP THEM IF YOU ARE ABLE, AND AS THE LORD LEADS YOU, GIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AS THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN FOREVER CHANGED.

The tornado has left a trail of damage at least 100 miles long, and is reportedly heading toward Alabama. More than 84,000 customers had lost power in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee as of Friday night, according to PowerOutage.us.

The National Weather Service issued an urgent alert after the tornado touched down, cautioning: ‘To protect your life, take cover now’.

‘You are in a life-threatening situation,’ it warned. ‘Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible.’

Search and rescue teams have been deployed to Sharkey and Humphreys counties in Mississippi, while first responders were forced to disperse injured victims to surrounding hospitals after the Sharkey-Issaquena Community Hospital saw significant damage.

Mississippi resident Corney Knight told the Associated Press that he, his wife, and their 3-year-old daughter were at a relative’s home when the tornado hit, which he described as ‘eerily quiet’ just moments before.

He added the sky was dark but ‘you could see the direction from every transformer that blew’.

More than half a dozen emergency shelters have been set up throughout Mississippi after the twister ripped through homes and businesses.