At Least 23 Dead After Mississippi Tornadoes

Rescuers were pulling people from rubble across rural Mississippi on Saturday morning, after at least one deadly tornado ripped through the central part of the state as part of a powerful storm system that left 23 dead.

 The storms hit late Friday, blowing out windows, ripping up trees and leveling homes and businesses.

The center of the destruction appeared to be in the town of Rolling Fork in Sharkey County, Miss., where witnesses said the main commercial strip had been devastated and the National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado had ripped through.