Bearden: Three Months On: The Rolling Fork Tornado
On update on a small town after a devastating storm
More than a million cubic yards of rubble have been hauled away from what remains of Rolling Fork. The town in Mississippi’s South Delta was decimated by a tornado on the evening of March 24. (Willy Bearden/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Willy Bearden
Willy Bearden is a filmmaker, photographer, author and producer. His documentary films include Visualizing the Blues, The Story of Cotton, A History of Memphis Garage Bands, Overton Park, Elmwood Cemetery and many others.
“What is emerging in Rolling Fork is a story of both optimism and uncertainty. Can this community, which was already struggling, come back?”
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