weekend of deadly severe storms. in parts of arkansas. the damages catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes. they re the hardest hit area was the town of wind. we don t know what s left. all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock, arkansas also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating. i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relates to the emergency response from that standpoint, but just to see the devastation of the impact of the flattening of homes, flattening of businesses and a matter of minutes. and more devastation and several other states, including indiana and tennessee , as state that is reporting seven deaths now, but the threat is far from over. millions are now bracing for a new round of storms. today cnn has teams tracking the latest from th
the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the deadly outbreak of tornadoes that ripped across much of the south and midwest beginning yesterday afternoon. just over the last few hours, the death toll has more than doubled. 21 people are now confirmed killed by the storms and all more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states, at least 12 of those tornadoes. were reported in arkansas state of emergency is in place in the hardest hit areas, including when the devastated arkansas town that you re seeing right there. cnn s derek van dam is with the latest from arkansas. jim. i was just talking to my crew a moment ago , and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of that building just in front of us here. we have el
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of our viewers around the world and to our viewers joining us from the u. s and canada. i m leila rock and you re watching cnn newsroom for nationals have been evacuated from sudan as fighting between the military and paramilitary forces stretches now into a second week . hours ago, the us confirmed that all american diplomats were on their way out of the country and that the u. s embassy in the capital khartoum has been temporarily closed. cnn s oren lieberman has the details. a successful mission carried out in the dark of night in sudan to evacuate the u. s embassy in khartoum, according to us officials. three chanukah helicopters took off from djibouti some 750 or 800, miles away from khartoum flew into the country landed, secured the embassy and then brought out all of the embassy staff and their family members, a group of just under 100 people, according to us officials, who briefed reporters on the operation and what happened around it during the operation and afterwar
servicemembers and countries of ethiopia. duty at this and sudan. this has cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians and unconscionable and it must stop. sudan is entering the second week of violence as forces battle for control of the country. the two sides used to be ally seizing allies together in a coup two years ago. they re fighting over which side s general leads the country s military. the bulge of the fighting is taking place in the sudan can capital city khartoum. additional countries and united nations also mobilizing to remove diplomatic staff. the violence spread to other cities and civilians scrambling to move to safety. travel become increasingly limited. flights have been halted as airports are pummeled by shelter and roadblocks are in place. nation of 45 million people are running out of food and medicine. 2/3 of the sudan hospitals are out of service. the united nations said looters stole food program people. a camp for displaced people was burned.