Some southern US states have seen death rear its ugly head several times over the past few days, reportedly with more to come.
Another day. Another mass shooting. This one is at a private Christian grade school in Nashville; Tenessee Governor Bill Lee drew outrage after a mass shooting where six people, including three young children, were killed. Social media users criticized the Tennessee Republican, who had signed a permit-less gun carry law, for declaring he was “praying for the school, congregation & Nashville community” without posting any mention of the mass shooting.
Tweeting he was “closely monitoring the tragic situation at Covenant,” Gov. Lee said, “As we continue to respond, please join us in praying for the school, congregation & Nashville community.”
There was no mention of any loss of life, and, as Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts passionately noted, the “situation” was a mass shooting in your state.
Video shows Nashville police search school, fire at the shooter https://apnews.com/article/nashville-school-shooting-covenant-school-03…
'Wiped off the map': South braces for more severe weather after tornadoes leave 26 dead. Live updates. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/26/tornadoes-severe-…
In Photos: Mississippi town decimated by a deadly tornado. https://www.axios.com/2023/03/26/rolling-fork-tornado-damage-mississipp…
Mississippi tornado: Biden declares emergency after storm kills 26 in region
Search and recovery efforts continue after the twister hit hardest in some of the most economically deprived areas of the US’s poorest state https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/26/mississippi-tornado-bid…
Middle Georgia is under a tornado watch until this afternoon as severe storms roll through
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Monstrous tornadoes ripped across Mississippi on Friday night, killing more than two dozen people and decimating towns along their 100-mile-long path. The storms eventually moved into neighboring Alabama, where another person was killed.
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/deadly-mississippi-tornadoes
More storms feared after Mississippi tornado
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65082746