A string of storms across several southern states have killed two people in Louisiana and one person in Mississippi; this comes after one of the most 'active periods for twisters on record.'
Two people are dead in Louisiana and a third person was killed in Mississippi after storms slammed several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. A woman and her unborn baby were killed after Monday night’s storm knocked a tree into their mobile home in West Baton Rouge Parish, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed. A tree fell on top of a home around 7:30 p.m., the sheriff said.
At a news conference, deputies said the victim was identified as Kristin Browning, 31, who was nine months pregnant. The fetus did not survive and is being counted as a storm-related death, state health officials said. Browning’s husband and her 5-year-old daughter were also injured, but they were expected to survive. Another death happened near the Louisiana town of Henderson, St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux and Henderson Mayor Sherbin Collette both confirmed on social media.
Oklahoma authorities say they found that man's body in an area where they were searching for a man missing since an EF4 tornado on May 6. The Osage County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the man’s body was found in a creek Saturday afternoon. The statement did not identify the man, saying identification will be made by the state medical examiner’s office.
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