{"id":139426,"date":"2024-12-31T04:19:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=139426"},"modified":"2024-12-31T04:19:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T21:19:19","slug":"natchez-mississippi-mourning-loss-of-teen-killed-in-weekend-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=139426","title":{"rendered":"Natchez, Mississippi mourning loss of teen killed in weekend storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">TyKeria Rogers died when a tree fell on her home in Natchez, Mississippi. Natchez Mayor Dan M. Gibson joins FOX Weather to give an update on how the community and TyKeria&#8217;s family are navigating such a devastating loss after the storms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>NATCHEZ, Miss.\u2013 <\/strong>At least four people died as tornadoes and storms tore across the South over the weekend, impacting communities from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> to North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">One of those losses was TyKeria Rogers, an 18-year-old from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/mississippi\/natchez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natchez<\/a>, Mississippi. Rogers died when a tree fell onto her home Saturday during the severe weather outbreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;This has been a very sad weekend for our city,&#8221; Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson told FOX Weather on Monday. &#8220;TyKeria was a bright, wonderful ray of sunshine.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Gibson said Rogers was the captain of the cheerleading squad at Natchez High School and the oldest of three children.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">National Weather Service teams are out across multiple Southeast states assessing damage from tornadoes part of a severe weather outbreak that claimed at least three lives this weekend. FOX Weather&#8217;s Brandy Campbell reports from Meadville, Mississippi where preliminary assessments found EF-2 tornado damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The mayor said the Natchez community has rallied support for Rogers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family<\/a> in the days since her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Our first responders worked against hope, through mangled tree limbs, debris from this home in hopes of finding TyKeria,&#8221; Gibson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">There were other people trapped in the home when the tree fell. Gibson said they all survived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We&#8217;re very grateful that there was not more injury or loss of life, but this one is just really about too much to take,&#8221; Gibson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/south-severe-weather-tornado-outbreak-december-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AT LEAST 4 DEAD AS DOZENS OF TORNADOES DEVASTATE SOUTH ACROSS 7 STATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Montgomery County, Texas Judge Mark Keough describes the destruction of an EF-3 tornado which damaged or destroyed dozens of homes in the area north of Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Gibson said the storms moved in very quickly Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;It really was just a matter of minutes that the winds were at such a high rate,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Two other people were injured in Natchez, and Gibson said they&#8217;re recovering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to Gibson, it has not yet been determined if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tornadoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tornado<\/a> came through Natchez, but it seems more likely that straight-line winds caused the damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We are an old city, with a lot of old trees,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tornado-strikes-mississippi-church-second-time-90-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TORNADO STRIKES MISSISSIPPI CHURCH FOR SECOND TIME IN 90 YEARS DURING DEADLY SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/gf_ei4dxaaed43a.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Members of the O'Zion Baptist Church in Meadville, Mississippi gather after a tornado destroyed the church on Dec. 29, 2024.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Members of the O&#8217;Zion Baptist Church in Meadville, Mississippi gather after a tornado destroyed the church on Dec. 29, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Brandy Campbell\/FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Cities neighboring Natchez were also impacted by tornadoes and severe weather. In Meadville, just one county over from Natchez, a tornado destroyed a Baptist church.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Gibson said as long as he&#8217;s been in Natchez, nothing like this has happened in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;We ask for everyone&#8217;s prayers, not only for TyKeria&#8217;s family but for all of her friends and for even these first responders,&#8221; Gibson said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve all been affected by this tragic loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/natchez-mississippi-storm-death\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TyKeria Rogers died when a tree fell on her home in Natchez, Mississippi. 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