- Three tornadoes struck southern Mississippi, causing widespread damage, flattening homes, and injuring a dozen people in the rural community of Bogue Chitto.
- Storm chaser Ashton Lemley discovered a distressed kitten amidst the debris of a tornado-ravaged trailer park in the predawn darkness.
- Lemley successfully rescued the wet and terrified kitten, which he found huddled between two wooden posts after digging through insulation.
- The uninjured kitten was handed over to the United Cajun Navy, a volunteer disaster-response group, for care and safety.
- Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves called for prayers as the state coordinated response efforts, with hundreds of homes damaged across Lincoln and Lamar counties.
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