Little Yazoo, MS, F4 Tornado – February 21, 1971

Destruction across the heart of the Little Yazoo community. NASA Earth Resources Laboratory aerial imagery taken February 23, 1971.

The last of the “big three” in the 1971 Delta Outbreak, this twister stayed in rural land across its 70-mile trek. It devastated the tiny community of Little Yazoo. As many as 14 people may have been killed by this relatively obscure tornado.

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