Planemaker. They dont want your sympathy. What they want is answers to their questions. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Right now 75 million americans find themselves in the path of a storm system that is both sprawling and deadly. Oh, jesus. Theres cars that have been tossed. The violent weather first erupted yesterday killing at least 29 people in six states. Weather experts had warned of the growing threat for days, but the ferocity erupted with shocking speed. This alabama fire station torn apart as the rig sat parked. And a meteorologist in tupelo, mississippi, pleaded with viewers to take cover until the approaching threat forced him to follow his own advice. This is a tornado ripping through the city of tupelo as we speak. And this could be deadly. Lets go tower cam. Basement, now. Lets go. Lets go. Now. Frightening situation. Cnn has dispatch reporters across the southeast. Meteorologis
Were the rest rooms. It is a miracle of god. The mayor told us the governor of mississippi bill brian will be looking at the damage. It is not the only hard hit area. Wynton county which includes lewisville, mississippi at least three people were killed by a tornado. Take a look at this video moving through. Big, big tornado right there. There it is. In athens alabama strong storms tore roofs off buildings. Residents continue picking up the pieces as a storm tore through that area. Heather and ainsley back to you in new york. John kerry says israel risks becoming an ar apartheid state. There are calls for kerry to resign . That is right. John kerry last night tried to clarify those comments ones that triggered such a firestorm of controversy. It began last week when he spoke to a closed door meeting and said without a twostate solution israel could become an apartheid state. It lines up the ar apartheid state 75 citizens destroy the capacity of israel. Last night secretary backtracked
Tornado is reportedly on the ground and its heading to the northeast at about 45 miles per hour. And ill show you exactly what were looking at. On the radar, were looking at something called a debris field. A lot of times when you get very large tornadoes, the debris field will actually be picked up on radar. Thats how you know this is a very dangerous situation. This is what we saw yesterday in arkansas so if you are just to the northeast of tupelo, you need to be very careful. That is the highest level that and its a serious situation crossing into alabama. If youre in northwest alabama, you need to be on the lookout as well. They move quickly so you get the warning. They come and go and then they are off to the next town. A lot of times you have to stay ahead of it and thats what it is important with the fastmoving storms. Jennifer, this is the same storm that struck arkansas yesterday . Yep, were seeing these storms fire up there is sunshine during the afternoon and it only creates
On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 19 lives in the southern United States, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Monday causing widespread destruction to homes and businesses, according to witnesses and local emergency officials.
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