good morning, and we begin this morning with a fox weather alert. severe storms again threatening parts of the south, already devastated by the deadly tornado outbreak over the weekend. at least 26 people are confirmed dead. and several towns have been left in ruins. brian: unbelievable. robert ray leads our coverage today with the latest. he is on the ground in mississippi. robert? yeah. good morning to you. yet, another morning of absolute devastation here in the mississippi delta in this town of just less than 2,000 people the majority of the deaths have occurred here in mississippi, a total of 25 people have lost their lives. one person in alabama. and you just see parts of homes, this chair, unfortunately, lie on the slab, a huge wooden beam that held up part of the home behind me. governor tate reeves yesterday spoke to the media, toured all of this with fema administrator. and others and let s listen to what he had to say about how is he going to help his com
and i spoke one-on-one with the governor after that press conference live on fox weather and he went on to tell me that people who have lost their homes in neighborhoods like this, the short-term solutions are here for them. that the state is here, the government and ngos like the american red cross. did i ask the fema administrator if they were committed to the long-term to helping please communities, and she said that they are. we will see how committed everyone is. we hope they are. because these people they need everything they can right now. because last night we got more rain into this region and region that cannot catch a break at all. back to you. rachel: thank you, robert. brian: slammed the whole south. meanwhile, in fact, my son was driving from birmingham to new orleans last night. he had to pull over five times because the rain was so bad.