welcome back. we re watching severe weather, confirmation that one tornado touched down in yazoo city, mississippi. we understand at least 20, maybe even 30 homes were damaged. and apparently there is an ongoing search for people who may be trapped and all this took place as tornado touched down as the governor haley barbour of that state was also in his home there in yazoo city. we understand he s just fine. let s go to joseph pleasant who is right there in yazoo city, give us an idea of what is taking place. i see the traffic behind you. reporter: this is highway 16 in yazoo city. this traffic is actually going back into an area called benton, about three or four miles up that road. people are being turned around because the damage is so bad. many other people you see going back down towards highway 49 off camera have not seen what their houses look like yet.
spark and see damage across the way. there was extensive damage in yazoo city. the state has set up our emergency management officials have set up a command post near highway 49 in yazoo city. and we have called in a rapid response team from hattiesburg, a 25-man team capable of doing search and rescue. we have had injuries in itala county, in warren county, in eagle lake area, about 30 homes were destroyed and there was some minor injuries there. how difficult is it to get around, to get to these many cities that you just mentioned, most of them in central mississippi, but especially after tornado or any kind of natural disaster, getting there can be the biggest obstacle. one of the biggest obstacles is, of course, people are curious and want to get out and see the damage. we have urged people to stay away from those areas, not only
tornadovideos.net. you can see how extensive the damage is. when you see these tree tops just cut off in half, we re definitely talking about tornado damage and not straight line wind damage as well. let s put this in perspective for you as well of how widespread this is and here you can see the storm prediction center all there reports of tornadoes throughout the state of mississippi. we ll take you into yazoo city and progress through and show you the other cities which have been impacted. there was damage along i-55 in durant and then some damage extending all the way up to the sturgeous area and now further to the north and the east of this area. our next concern is that this storm is now going to continue to push over towards alabama. in addition to that, look at this look at what has been developing back behind it. this line is extending and stretching out and now we re getting multiple supercells. here you can see the track of that storm as it moved all the way across central