Stay updates: Violent twister outbreak underway in South from storm that has killed at the least 33

As Southern Mississippi faces an onslaught of tornadic storms, one giant household is spending their Saturday in a “protected room” manufactured from cinder blocks.

The household lives in Taylorsville, a small city in Smith County, which was beneath three separate twister warnings in mere hours Saturday.

Stacy Bryant Hawkins, 59, mentioned she may really feel “suction” when a probable twister hit Taylorsville Saturday afternoon.

“Simply the wind blowing. It will get actually nonetheless when one comes shut by however then impulsively the rain got here with a drive. We watched (the doubtless twister) go over my again pasture,” Hawkins says. “It was extra of a roaring sound.”

Their home didn’t have any harm however Hawkins is worried about what’s going to occur all through the remainder of the day.

She is most petrified of her relations getting harm, particularly her 84-year-old mom, who didn’t wish to go away her Taylorsville house.

“I’m very afraid of dangerous climate. We’ve been in our house 23 years and that’s why I insisted on a protected room being constructed,” she tells CNN.

Her household has spent the previous couple of hours out and in of their “protected room” on the primary ground of their house. As a result of Smith County will get plenty of tornadoes, the household determined to create the storm room of their house, Hawkins defined.

A number of relations have taken shelter at her house, together with her daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, a two-year-old and 4 canines.

Her brother-in-law wasn’t as fortunate. His Taylorsville house simply took a direct hit, Hawkins informed CNN.

“They’ve a tree of their master suite,” she mentioned. “I do know plenty of mates are over there serving to them, and my husband and son, however I don’t know what they’ll do.”