ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WLBT) – WLBT 3 On Your Side continues to follow developments in Rolling Fork and Sharkey County since the deadly tornado hit the area last March.
With only a few days left, the county where 15 people died will lose the money set aside for a safe room.
It is about $7 million, and it will go to another community.
For those supervisors who say they will not sign off on the project, the $1.8 million they have to guarantee is too much – even if the saferoom will protect and save lives.
Who can forget the devastation of a direct hit from the deadly tornado in Rolling Fork and Silver City on March 24, 2023?
Fifteen people were killed. Hundreds were left homeless.
It is a night Sharkey County Emergency Management Director Frank Eason remembers too well.
Eason said, ”I talk to people every day about that kind of stuff. I’ve sat in the …