reporter: yeah good morning, from rolling fork, mississippi here in the mississippi delta not too far from the mississippi river, and guys, i just, you know, a picture sometimes speaks thousand words. and this is, this is about as bad as it gets in aftermath of a tornado preliminary ef4 rating look at this what i m stangtding on this debris and this is an oil cabin essentially and you hear it and can you imagine something this heavy being tossed around. and the projectiles like this here, this board with the nails, 166 miles per hour winds this tornado created. and you imagine items like flying through the air all over and this is what we re seeing on street after street here in this neighborhood in rolling fork. aluminum twisted look at this vehicle behind me on top of this pile. and then underneath all of these cinder blocks there are other vehicles that have been crushed and ripped apart and pounded down by the furry and energy of this incredible tornado this ef4 accordi
we re back with a fox weather alert at least 26 people are tragically dead after devastating tornadoes rocked parts of the south. severe weather destroying home and businesses leaving towns threek one almost unrecognizable. search and rescue teams are still looking for survivors and helping those who are left with nowhere else to go. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth joining us right now. rick: that front that moved through kind of stalled out just here across parts of the south and that s why we have the threat for more severe weather today. this is the line of storms right here cutting across parts of mississippi. south central, mississippi, over towards the central georgia area, a lot of these storms warned for severe weather we ve seen some significant hail this morning and strong winds and that cell right there had a spotted tornado with it about 30 minutes ago. it is now been downgraded to severe storm still hail on strong winds a tornado has
lifted. but when a cell has a tornado sometimes it can lift back up and drop back down so be watching very carefully here across parts of georgia. throughout the day today, especially as day heats up we have plenty of moisture in the atmosphere. and the energy is there to support more tornadoes so especially where you see this red be watching very closely for that. where this is not is in the area where we saw the tornadoes on friday night. so this is just to the south of it but some of these certainly still could cause some more damage take a look at what happens throughout the day today you see line of storms continue to train over the same areas could cause a little bit of localize flooding and by later tonight, chance for some showers at least going across some of the same areas that were devastated from the storms on friday. all right will over to you. will: thank you rick. so not even devastation of those storms you heard about could shake the unyielding faith of the community in
situations this survivors, and those that lost their lives, the families and the friends are mourning this situation. as severe weather has continued to come through this region, every single week, since christmas. can you imagine? that kind of stress and here we are this morning on sunday just two days after this tornado ripped through this region with no answers as far as a path forward for the families and people that have lost their homes, and their livelihoods. back to you. devastating news. for sure robert real quick where are families going that dongt have homes anymore? at least in the very temporary term. that s a really great question. there are aid groups that have come into the region and they are setting up temporary shelters. there are towns you know up and down the mississippi delta sporadically this is a rural area this is agriculture, this
pile. and then underneath all of these cinder blocks there are other vehicles that have been crushed and ripped apart and pounded down by the furry and energy of this incredible tornado this ef4 according to the national weather service. unfortunately 25 dead in this state of mississippi. one in alabama, federal aid we re told is on the way. federal officials will be on the ground. the governor of mississippi toured this town yesterday. he will continue to update. in the meantime, we are here talking to the survivors. the people that went through this hell let s listen to what one woman told me yesterday also a superintendent of one of the schools in this area. by time we got over, he was on top a lot of stuff everywhere.