The Sharkey County Courthouse remains boarded up on March 22, 2024, one year after a devastating tornado struck in Rolling Fork, Miss. The city’s infrastructure suffered millions of dollars in damage. Public buildings, streets and the city’s sewer and drainage systems either sustained severe damage or were destroyed.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Ida Cartlidge sits on a bed in a two-bed motel room in Rolling Fork, Miss., on Nov. 29, 2023. After a deadly tornado destroyed their home in March 2023, the Cartlidge family of five spent nearly a year in the cramped motel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced neighbors. The town of Rolling Fork has struggled to rebuild after the tornado struck, killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
FILE - Ida Cartlidge sits on a bed while her 1-year-old son Nolan sleeps in a motel room in Rolling Fork, Miss., on May 9, 2023 after their mobile home was destroyed by a deadly tornado in March. The Cartlidge family of five spent the next year in the cramped motel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced neighbors. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
An American flag flies outside a damaged business in downtown Rolling Fork, Miss., on March, 22, 2024. The town of Rolling Fork has struggled to rebuild after a devastating tornado struck last year. Buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and the remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape. The tornado killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A small sign is seen on a street corner in Rolling Fork, Miss., on March 22, 2024. The town of Rolling Fork has struggled to rebuild after a devastating tornado struck last year. Buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and the remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape. The tornado killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
One year after a deadly tornado struck, debris of homes and businesses awaits removal in Rolling Fork, Miss., on March 22, 2024. Buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and the remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape. The tornado killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Queen'terica Jones looks at a vacant lot on May 19, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss., where she lived with her mother, Erica “Nikki” Moore, and three children in a mobile home before a devastating tornado stuck in March. On the evening of the tornado, she found her mother’s lifeless body facedown amid the rubble. Jones wears a memory tattoo on her shoulder honoring her mother. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A painted bible verse is seen inside of what is left of a building on March 22, 2024, that was destroyed by a deadly tornado in March 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss. One year after the deadly tornado struck, buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and the remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape. The tornado killed 14 residents and reduced the town to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Queen'terica Jones cries as she looks at a vacant lot on May 19, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Miss., where she lived with her mother, Erica “Nikki” Moore, and three children in a mobile home before a devastating tornado stuck in March. On the evening of the tornado, she found her mother’s lifeless body facedown amid the rubble. Housing assistance programs run by nonprofits stepped in after the tornado, but most are geared toward homeowners rather than renters or people who lived with family members. Jones had no legal rights to her mother’s property and didn’t have the documents required by many programs that financed new mobile homes for displaced residents. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Ida Cartlidge, center, and her sons Jakavien, left, Amarii, right, and Nolan are reflected in a mirror above their makeshift pantry of dry goods on Nov. 29, 2023, in the middle of their two-bed motel room that serves as their temporary residence after a deadly tornado destroyed their home in March. The Cartlidge family of five spent nearly a year in the cramped motel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced neighbors. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Ida Cartlidge, second from left, holds her youngest son Nolan while sitting with sons Amarii and Jakavien, right, on Nov. 29, 2023, in the middle of their two-bed motel room that serves as their temporary residence after a deadly tornado destroyed their home in March. The Cartlidge family of five spent nearly a year in the cramped motel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced neighbors. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Ida Cartlidge, right, stands with her sons Jakavien, left, and Amarii on Nov. 29, 2023, in the middle of their two-bed motel room that serves as their temporary residence after a deadly tornado destroyed their home in March. The Cartlidge family of five spent nearly a year in the cramped motel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced neighbors. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Ida Cartlidge stands in front of a bedroom in a renovated three-bedroom trailer on March 22, 2024, near downtown Rolling Fork, Miss. For nearly a full year in that cramped motel room, the Cartlidge family lived with only basic necessities after a deadly tornado destroyed their home in March 2023. But she and her husband had owned their destroyed mobile home, making them eligible for a new one through a nonprofit called Samaritan’s Purse. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)