welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork where entire neighbourhoods were flattened to rubble. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, reports. this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys after the twister touched down, all but wiping this tight knit community off the map. we ve got a new scan coming in here as we speak. the storm struck at night, the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. oh, man. he sighs. dearjesus, please help them. around 8:20 we heard the tornado sirens going, a war
i ve never been that stressed, stressed out about rowing in my entire life. noam mouelle s mum wanted him to do an outdoor sport. little did she know how far that sport would take him from the suburbs of paris to the wild and lonely great 0use, for one of rowing s biggest endeavours, the boat race. when you tell people in france, so people who don t do rowing, that you re doing the 0xford cambridge boat race, it s a bit like. it s hard for them to imagine, right? because it s something that seems very old school and very uk based, and seems like almost a glitch in the matrix that a french guy could do this thing. while the boat race has always had an international flavour it attracts many rowers from around the world it doesn t have a great reputation when it comes to diversity. in fact, noam is that rare
when you tell people in france, so people who don t do rowing, that you re doing the oxford cambridge boat race, it s a bit like. it s hard for them to imagine, right? because it s something that seems very old school and very uk based, and seems like almost a glitch in the matrix that a french guy could do this thing. while the boat race has always had an international flavour it attracts many rowers from around the world it doesn t have a great reputation when it comes to diversity. in fact, noam is that rare exception this year. across the board, when you look at rowing clubs in this country, just 6% of its members come from diverse backgrounds. people in the uk mostly learn to row in schools, and for your school to have enough money, let s say, to have good rowing equipment and so on, you need to be in a private school. and it s only a certain demographic which goes into private schools, which is why maybe you have a bit