Homes Wrecked, Dozens Hurt in Mississippi Tornado More than 60 in the state were injured. The twister carved a path across three counties, including along one of Hattiesburg's main streets. It also damaged buildings at the University of Southern Mississippi. But officials said a combination of ample warnings, a campus emptied because of Mardi Gras and a quiet Sunday downtown ensured no one died, even though the destruction of property was widespread and severe. More than 60 people were treated for injuries, and 200 homes and mobile homes were damaged or destroyed, Bryant said at a news conference Monday. However, no lives were lost and no one was unaccounted for. Bryant and other officials said that was in part because tornado sirens gave people as much as 30 minutes of warning. It was raining Monday, and people began trying to salvage what they could in one damaged neighborhood. Some people walked around fallen trees, power lines, smashed cars and other debris to carry belongings away. The rain was supposed to continue through the day, and more severe weather was expected Tuesday. National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Bryant in Jackson, Miss., said tornadoes aren't expected, but heavy rain is likely to continue. Charlotte Walters, 61, and her daughter Heather Walters, 30, were moving buckets and bowls around inside their house trying to catch water pouring through holes in the roof. The women were at home along with Charlotte's husband when a relative called and said a tornado was headed their way. "It sounded like Katrina," said Charlotte Walters, who lives in a neighborhood also hit by the 2005 hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast. Besides holes in the roof of her one-story wood frame house, a falling tree had damaged the side and another one collapsed on her carport, denting and breaking windows in three cars there. I'm blessed. At least I don't have one of those in my house," Charlotte said, pointing to a tree that had fallen onto a neighbor's house next door. Marie Key, 68, was hoping to salvage what she could Monday morning. She was alone in her one-story brick house when the storm hit Sunday. She heard the tornado coming and dove under a kitchen table. At least three trees hit her house, which she said was also damaged during Hurricane Katrina and another storm in 1998. The fallen trees blocked the front and back doors and a neighbor had to pull the limbs away so she could get out. She had a bruised forehead Monday and some other scratches but was otherwise uninjured. "I'm lucky, I know that," Key said, fighting back tears as she spoke. I'm kind of past the 'poor me' part of it. This is so widespread and it's happening in so many places. I'm going to be all right.