In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with Natalie Perkins in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. Natalie is the editor of The Deer Creek Pilot and is the assistant director of the Sharkey County Emergency Management Agency. For two weeks, she has been working nearly 24 hours a day on Rolling Fork’s recovery from a monster EF-4 tornado that destroyed 85% of the town and killed 13 residents. Natalie talks about where the recovery stands and tells her own personal stories about the storm.
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