we have a tremendous loss of life, we have many, many injured, many homes damaged and destroyed all over mississippi. right now in the northeast we have several areas smithville, which is near columbus, mississippi is an area we are prioritizing. bill: it s even hard for you to keep track of, isn t it at the red cross? there are so many communities that have been affected. two weeks ago by the storm and then by the terribly devastating storms yesterday. bill: that is a good point to make. oftentimes these tornadoes hit in rural areas. right. bill: in this case tuscaloosa took a direct shot, and that s part of the reason why the injury count and the fatality count is so high. what can the red cross do, megan in these early hours. what we do in the very first hours are we try to send teams out to assess the damage, to find out where the need is greatest so we can offer
exactly. jon: at last report we mentioned earlier in the hour 128 dead in alabama at least. that number almost certain to go up. how many missing? do you have any idea? right now our missing number it s kind of low, but we know that number will increase. the final report that we have, the report that we have as of this morning is only showing about 2 people. i know that is not correct. i will go on the record and say that just because we are waiting to get more information in from our counties, from our local officials to give us a better figure on that. but the fatality count right now in alabama is 131, with 55 reported injured and/or hospitalized and with two missing. as you mentioned, those numbers we know will definitely change. jon: that number rose by 3 with your reporting. we know you are very busy today and we appreciate you spending time with us. jenna: it s not just alabama as well.
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live and been almost exactly at this point at exact low this time. i can t exaggerate to you how i m thinking about the people who miraculously escaped injury who were on this freeway. people who got up in du pont, washington and maybe they go to work in olympia or pierce county and they were going to grandma and grandpa s for christmas. they will be dealing with the trauma of this for sometime in addition those who were talthsly injured and those injured. by the way, i think the fatality count is probably going to grow as we know it. i m sure that there are a lot of serious injuries. the visual of the trains hanging over these cars. the cars over the interstate 5 and the major interstate on the west coast. it s awful indeed. 78 persons on board and five
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