Administration. Plus, 12 days of christmas will cost a little more this year. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im frances rivera. Parts of the country woke up with all hell broken loose as some put it in states of florida, north carolina, georgia and tennessee and tornadoes ripped through alabama and mississippi, absolutely ravaging towns there. We begin with tennessee wildfires, where the death tol bodies were recovered. All of us are praying for those families and are very distressed at the loss of life in this situation and we continue our efforts to move into these areas and recover. Rescue efforts continue after the states governor held a call with president obama. Fires are likely to have been human caused. Over 17,000 acres have now been charred, i should say, making it the states largest wildfire in over 100 years. As of this morning, just one active fire remain, with 400 families in damage, families are in necessary need of support him domly parton is offering a hel
Administration. Plus the 12 days of christmas will cost a little more this year. Early today starts right now. Its great being with you this morning. Im frances rivera. Parts of the country are waking this up morning with all hell having broken loose as some put it. This as severe wild fires char florida, north carolina, georgia and tennessee and tornadoes ripped through alabama and mississippi, absolutely raf annualing towns there. We begin with tennessee has risen to seven after three more bodies were recovered. All of us are praying for those families and are very distressed at the loss of life in this situation and we continue our efforts to move into these areas and recover. Search and rescue efforts continued this morning after the states governor held a call officials in tennessee there say the fires are likely to have been human caused. Over 17,000 acres very chard, i should say, making it the states largest wildfire in over 100 years. As of this morning, just one active fire r
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, trying times in the south tonight. Fire, water and tornadoes, part of twin deadly disasters that have struck over the last 48 hours. Violent storms spawned twisters overnight, killing five people in two states, including tennessee. Which is still reeling from the firestorm that exploded the night before in the great smoky mountains. And today we learned three more bodies have been recovered from the scorched ruins, bringing the death toll to at least seven. Weve got it all covered, starting with nbcs jacob rascon in stormdamaged alabama, jacob, good evening. Reporter lester, torpedos reported in six states and nowhere was hit harder than here in rosalie, alabama. Im standing inside what used to be the towns only shopping plaza. The owner climbed out of the rubble alive, while several of his neighbors did not survive. Barrelling through the southeast, dozens of tor