o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? rachel: good morning we go straight to a fox weather alert. a desperate search for sush vivers in mississippi. a tornado levers 14 people dead and one monster twister believed to be a mile wide carving a path of destruction over 100 miles. will: small town of rolling fork hit before 9:00 p.m. and toppling homes and downing power lines and trees and leveling communities. it sparked multiple explosions. a second twister touching down in the city of amarie. that s where the damage is apparently extensive. this map shows how many mississippi delta communities were hit. pete: there s the path there. the system was triggering flood warnings for millions and 100,000 people are without power at least this morning.
chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: good morning, the town of rolling fork has about 1,750 people so imagine a small town like that everybody knows everybody, and now you re going to have everybody who knows somebody if you weren t yourself impacted by the storm. it s going to be a really rough day for people as the sun comes up just exactly one hour from now. this year has been a really active tornado season. we ve had 282 tornadoes. typically so far in the season we would have 174 tornadoes, and you get a look at that. this is just your statistical averages. march right there, we are headed into our what is generally really active months of april and may and june. doesn t mean that ll be the case this year but certainly that trend has been the case. all of this has been those storm s that have been coming across california, have made their way across parts of the south where its been really warm, above average temperatures for a long time, and those temps are still re
searching for survivors, starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage. let s go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: hey, guys, we ve been trying to get our reporter out there, but the cell tower in rolling fork is gone, so they can t get any cell service. sunrise time there, local time, 7:01, so exactly right now. we ll start to get some of these images in daylight. this tornado happening in the dark can last night, we ve not had any daytime, so search and rescue efforts will continue. this is that storm right now, a weakening storming which is good news. today the severe weather threat key minishingses diminishes quite a bit. the tornado first dropped in rolling fork and then cut right here across rt parts of north-central mississippi. at one point it looks like this tornado was on the ground probably for around almost 100 miles. this, obviously, national weather service folks go out and do some investigation, make sure, see if sometim
downing trees. pete: first responders are actively searching for survivors, and they re just getting started. they re starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage now that the sun is up. rick reichmuth is tracking the storm. rick: hey, we have a new tornado warning that is in effect here just to the southwest of alabama. right there. radar-indicated tornado. today i don t think we re going to be talking about as big of tornadoes, as big and destructive tornadoes as yesterday, but some openeds across parts of the southeast concern tornadoes across parts of the southeast we re going to be watching. this is the overall storm the, the north side also will have a severe weather component later on today, maybe a threat for a tornado the around areas of lake erie just to the south of it. but this storm eventually pulls off towards the east. things calm down just a little bit odd. tomorrow a bigger severe weather threat again across parts of the southeast, and a
For free visit otter. Ai. Ai or download the app my more than liebermann at the pentagon. And this cnn cnn Breaking News all right, hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Whitfield and more and are Breaking News this hour after devastating tornadoes rip through the Central Plains overnight causing widespread damage. Now, a stronger storm system is taking aim at the same region right now, a Tornado Watch has been issued for 1. 5 Million People people across Eastern Kansas and southeast nebraska. Where they are bracing for tornadoes, tennis, ballsized hail, and damaging winds. There were reports about 80 reports of tornadoes across five states on friday, including this one in lincoln, nebraska. And despite the large scale of destruction near omaha, there are no fatalities reported. Now, rescue crews are up against the clock searching flattened homes for any one potentially trapped before more storms roll in for the latest noun joined by cnns lucy kavanaugh in hardhit el