and then just a short time ago, a storm chaser, his name is steve polly, caught out in the middle of this driving on the interstate. he said he didn t think he was going to make it. he said it was touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. yes, it is. north kansas. that s where we want to get. all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities from this tornado that touched down, and they are saying there s widespread damage across the city s south side. that s right, don. it was just an incredible tornado that touched down just before 6:00 local time there. a multi-vortex tornado touched down in downtown joplin and just stripped a path of destruction through the city. there are many buildings which have been damaged. homes have been flattened. trees have been broken off and stripped from their bark, and unfortunately, we re concerned
nation s history. this alabama family has a terrifying story to tell. the gilberts and their five children ran to the only place they felt safe as a tornado approached. they dove into a nearby creek. we got right here on this creek bank. i put my six-month-old son, five-year-old daughter under me and my wife was on top of my two-year-old son, five-year-old son and seven-year-old son. before we hit the ground, trees were already snapping. it was already here. incredible. scott, his wife and five kids, guess what, they re all fine. but like the neighbors, they did lose everything material. so we re getting another look at the tornado damage in alabama from our ireporters as well. these pictures are demetris derek tournas. he lives in birmingham. but he took these photographs of what he witnessed in and around
victims are likely to remain silent while their traffickers go free. cnn, copenhagen. as part of cnn s freedom project, we ve been asking our ireporters to tell us how they re taking a stand against slavery. here are a few of the responses we ve had. this ireporter posed with her five kids says part of her family is from el salvador where lots of slavery still exists. you can join us and take a virtual stand against human trafficking. to find out how, head to cnn.com/freedom. you re watching world one live from london. i m zain verjee. thanks for joining us. we want to give you a look at these pictures from new orleans. nobody minds a little bit of rain, right? but take a look at this. what a downpour. there were widespread reports of street flooding and hail in the u.s. state of louisiana, even a tornado. you re watching world one here on cnn.
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difficult event to get into a carriage and get settled so it all looks perfect. but i think she s very excited about it. and so are all the staff behind the palace walls as they frantically prepare for the occasion. max foster, cnn, buckingham palace, london. cnn.com is sending an ireporter to london to cover the royal wedding. yes. one of our ireporters. but that ireporter hasn t been pick the just yet. you can head over to the ireport page on cnn.com, send us a video telling us why it should actually be you. and then a winner will be picked. you ve got to get them in by april 10th and by april 11th we do expect to pick a winner and we re sending one of our ireporters over to cover that story. also we re keeping a close eye on libya, in particular the battle for benghazi. rebels were getting crushed by