A passenger was killed and 65 others were injured when a train derailed and toppled on its side as it crossed swamps in central Mississippi.

An Amtrak passenger train with 84 people on board has derailed in rural Mississippi, killing at least one person and injuring dozens.

ANOTHER round of volatile spring weather spread tornadoes and heavy rain across the US midwest and south yesterday as some communities were still trying to recover from the weekend twisters that killed 40 people.