several tornadoes have killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, which is located here, in the south of the country. the authorities said twisters left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where trees and power lines have been torn down. at one point, debris was being pulled more than 6,000 metres into the sky. we are looking at some of the latest pictures that have come through. you can see the trail of destruction, debris everywhere, cars on top of buildings, completely decimated. 0ur correspondent frances read is with us. you have been working in the us and you have covered a lot of weather stories, how does this compare? this is serious, stories, how does this compare? this is serious. 23 stories, how does this compare? “m 3 is serious, 23 people at stories, how does this compare? “m 1 is serious, 23 people at least have lost their lives, a large number. a trail of destruction, as you said.
a tornadoe has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, which is located here, in the south of the country. the authorities said twisters left a trail of damage for more than a hundred and fifty kilometres. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where trees and power lines have been torn down. at one point, debris was being pulled more than six thousand metres into the sky. you can see here the latest pictures which have just come through to us, of the destruction in rolling fork. earlier i spoke to our correspondent frances read. 23 people at least have lost their lives. a large number. a trail of destruction of you said it is a km with up some are saying just think about of the debris was thrown 6000 metres into the air but possibly up to 9000 meters. that s almost 30,000 feet. tremendously frightening, whatever the official measurements eventually turn out to be. at the moment, as you ll see from the pictures, a total scene of destruction. trees
people out there watching the skies, basically, looking out for these things and trying to detect them as quickly as we possibly can. recently, we had a nasa mission called dartt, that fired an impacter into an asteroid to see what would happen, how does the dust come out? one of the aims was to slightly change the orbit of the asteroid. so, that is one of the ways we think, if one of these things is going to hit us at some point, we might be able to send a spacecraft to knock these things off their orbit, so they pass by the earth rather than hitting us. we have a mission coming up, called nasa s 0siris rex mission. 22 asteroid and took samples that are coming back in six months. one of the aims are still enough of the composition of asteroids, what their structure is, so we can develop plans for if they are going to hit us, we want to work out the best way to stop that happening. the vatican has returned three
called nasa s 0siris rex mission. 22 asteroid and took samples that are coming back in six months. it went to. one of the aims are still enough of the composition of asteroids, what their structure is, so we can develop plans for if they are going to hit us, we want to work out the best way to stop that happening. the vatican has returned three fragments of the ancient parthenon sculptures to greece, in a move that s been described as a gesture of friendship . one is a chunk of a horse s head the other a bearded man, and the third, a head of a boy. 0ur reporter shelley phelps has more details. returning home. three more parthenon fragments are now being displayed at the acropolis museum in athens, alongside other ancient artefacts. there were smiles all round at the ceremony attended by representatives of pope francis and the greek orthodox church. the gifting of the fragments of the parthenon, which have been held in the vatican museums for more