powerful tornadoes ripping through mississippi overnight killing morethan 20 people and leaning behind of devastating destruction. to see what might be coming in front of you last night, this massive tornado was only able to be viewed by intermittent flashes of lightning and transformers blowing out in the distance. is that i can hear it. hi, aishah. iowa good to see you. i m aishah hosni in washington. officials there say that town is essentially gone with entire neighborhoods leveled as you can see here in this video and thousands without power or anywhere to go. we are being told by officials on the ground that there are 23 people dead in that area. griff: it has hit them hard, in fact. powerful interview with rolling folks mayor, neil cavuto earlier. he literally looked to left and right and nothing was left, rolling fork is down in delta area. i went to school in mississippi, grew up there. damaged not only homes but areas but also hospital nearby as well. nearest town
the death toll at least at 23 right now, so this is frightening and sad in terms of loss all different kinds n. some weather events you ll have dozens of residents posting online in realtime perhaps posting survival and lose and this one was different because when it hit making it more frightening. last night the massive tornado was only physically interviewed by flashings of lighting and transformer blowing out in the distance. i can hear it. that s it. i think it s coming right for us. wow, we have photos here out of rolling fork. that s really the epicenter of where this all went down but, of course, this tornado came across, new pennsylvaniaed across the state from west to east. these homeowners got to a place and by the light of day their neighborhood completely unrecognizable and her family is now beginning to process the damage. it s clear that the loss for the community as a whole, for the state was too much to take. but if you are out of state there are ways to
for the devastation apparently began in a town of rolling a fork mississippi miles northwest of jackson. the mayor said damaged assessment quote my city is gone for the national weather service says that same tornado is believed to have erased eastward at 70 miles an hour, never weakening as it slammed into silver city mississippi and several towns in alabama on a 100-mile path of destruction. mississippi governor declaring a state of emergency in affected counties in mississippi emergency management agency said search and rescue teams are on the ground. arthel: we have talked to starstruck this hour. meteorologist adam standing bite storm chaser zachary hall is on the ground was served charles watson who is live in mississippi with the very latest in there, charles. say, eric, we are in anne-marie, mississippi right now we are trying to make it to the downtown portion but the closer and closer we get to make it into the downtown area. part of the reason you see the line of c
dead. that number sadly is expected to grow welcome to fox news but i am alicia in for arthel. super i m eric shawn. at least four people remained missing at this hour. dozens more injured from the powerful storms. the catastrophic twisters and the town of rolling fork, mississippi about 60 miles northwest of the state capitol of jackson account basically has been wiped off the map. national weather service is the same tornado that devastated that town is believed to have raced eastward going 70 miles an hour pretty did not weaken as it then slammed into mississippi in several towns in alabama on a 100-mile path of destruction. x thousand the twisters path and loss of power some reporting on port 80% of customers without electricity. mississippi governor kate reeves declaring a state of emergency today president biden says fema director on the ground there tomorrow. too far from the very latest coach of the ground charles watson is an armory, mississippi or is the hardest hit
massive tornado formed near rolling fork, mississippi. it flattened much of that town as you can see as well as others as it roared eastward across the state into alabama. mallory white for mississippi emergency management standing by live for us as is adam klotz live in the fox weather center but first, let s check in with charles watson live in emory mississippi near the alabama border. i know you been talking with residents today, what have they told you about how much of a heads up if any at all they got before they were hit by the twister? as you mentioned we ve been talking to folks out here throughout the day and many of them say they had plenty of heads up. they say they got the tornado warnings from the national weather service, text watching the news so a lot of these folks were able to take cover but when you talk to these folks who live in the community, you can t help but feel really bad for them they worked their whole lives to build up their homes and their b