damage. it is heartbreaking. horror and heartbreak gripping much of mississippi after deadly tornadoes ripped through the state will speak to a disaster relief organization about what s being done on the ground to help plus vladimir putin planning to put nuclear weapons closer to ukraine and right next door to a close u. s ally in the region for live in moscow and kiev with the latest and march madness like we ve never seen before massive upsets in both men s and women s matches. cnn sports ploy wire joining me live to break down the tournament. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hooper. we begin in the deep south of the us, where another round of severe storms could be heading their way in the coming hours. hopefully they won t be as destructive as the ones that pummeled mississippi and nearby states friday night into saturday, leaving images like these have a look. these used to be homes now mangled mass of crumbled buildings, vehicles scattered like
with this breaking news. rescue teams are now on a desperate searching rescue for survivors after powerful destructive storms ripped through the south tornadoes tearing through mississippi overnight. at least 23 people are confirmed dead. another dead in alabama. dozens more injured and at least four others are still missing at this hour and many of the deaths happening in the town of rolling fork, mississippi neighborhoods there are simply leveled extraordinary scene there. the mayor sharing this bleak assessment of the damage on cnn this morning. right? that s all i see. a lot of families here are affected. uh lot of families are hurting. uh this community is. in the situation that we never expected by city is gone. but we will resilient and we re going to come back. wow my city is gone. cnn s isabel rizal is on the scene in rolling fork. right now that the sun is up, the heartbreak is becoming a lot more noticeable for the residents here at rolling fork everywhere you look
devastated by the loss. the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is. we don t know it s alive and who s gone. cnn s isabel resilience is live for us on the scene there in rolling fork. what are you learning there? well further damage is incredible and just awful anywhere you look, it s sort of appears as though an explosion has gone off. i mean, imagine the power of this tornado, fred to do something like this to a semi truck just ripped apart into pieces. imagine what that would do. to a trailer park, which we saw was leveled just a couple of feet away from this and you can see over here what it has done to buildings collapsed. several buildings, homes are gone. it is just terrible for this community . but fred, there are signs that help is coming here in the last hour we saw 18 t trucks coming in and restoring some of the cell reception, which was a struggle for first responders. i saw them holding up cell phones trying to communi
these were homes, neighborhoods , communities and here and elsewhere. the staggering loss of property is secondary. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective. these past 24 hours have seen more tornado deaths than all of last year. many are just thankful to have survived. mcafee unity. and . thank god we re alive, but also were so devastated by the loss. the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is . we don t know who s alive and who s gone. cnn s nick valencia is enrolling fork, mississippi nick just heartbreaking to hear these accounts. what are you hearing from people? it is and it s just awful to see this and we apologize for having to go live from our satellite phone. but it s a testament how much damage is here. in sharkey county and rolling fork, mississippi felt hours have been heavily damaged here, which is why we re not being able to go live on air. but wh
these have a look. these used to be homes now mangled mass of crumbled buildings, vehicles scattered like toys, trees and power lines, stripped bare and strewn about at least 26. people were killed and dozens were injured. the mayor of hard hit rolling fork mississippi, says his city is gone. hours ago, president biden approved a disaster declaration for the state to get federal disaster aid flowing quickly and one sobering fact the u. s. has seen more deaths from tornadoes in that 1 24 hour period than all of last year. here s how one resident described the devastation. mcafee unity. and. thank god we re alive, but also were so devastated by the loss of the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is. we don t know it s alive and who s gone. kate emerald is