a deadly storm system has moved into mississippi and alabama, already tearing through parts of the midwest killing twoo two people in oklahoma and seven in arkansas. all the deaths in arkansas are blamed on uprooted trees falling on to homes. among the victims, an 18-month-old girl and 6-year-old boy. meteorologist chad meyers is here to bring us the very lateslate e est. we know of some unconfirmed reports of some casualties today of storms that have already been on ground. we do know people were at least injured. clearly there s the roof of a bank. this is clinton, mississippi, not very far from jackson, mississippi, the other storm. a little bit farther off to the west the storm was on the ground as well. this picture from severestudios.com. reed timer is also out on the scene. there s a tree going this way, his truck can t go any farther. that s discovery.com/stormchasers. he s the guy that we had downstairs walking around that
moving up the ridgeland side of jackson, mississippi. tornado on the ground. a warning, yes, of course. when it is on the ground we have the ground troops to see it. reed timer is there with his crew and we ll keep you up to date. he s trying to get more video. but if you are in clinton or up toward that ridgeland area on the north side of jackson, mississippi, you must be taking cover now! you have to understand, men here in this truck are protected by the drtruck that they re drivin but you may not be protected if you re outside. i saw the tornado on ground again. see if you can get a picture of it just under that word ground you begin to see the white right here where the light part of the ground is. the camera s tilted but the tornado is on ground right into here. amazing pictures. we ll try to roll back on that video that we had there about two minutes ago. thank you, chad. the 2011 budget is finally on president obama s desk today for signing. already it is full speed ahead
politically or even on ground on the mission inside libya. we are starting now to see some damage, storm damage, from those winds that are happening in mississippi. i want to go directly to chad who s got more information on this. it looks very serious, chad. tornado was on the ground in clinton, mississippi, we know now of at least a roof off one of the banks there in the town of clinton. here s jackson, the town. big city of jackson. then clinton. the storm the tornado did move across and along the interstate here very close to that. we had reed timer with some video. now it is actually very close to ridgeland up there, moving off towards the northeast very quickly, almost 45 to 50 miles per hour. we also know that there s been hail with the storm. we also know that the airport has been affected. here s reed s video. it comes coming in and out of focus. we keep losing the signal. this is obviously just video from his car on a camera mounted inside the car as he s driving and st
we did see quite a bit of damage, i at least saw one gas station with the top completely gone. there s the video unlocking itself now. it comes and goes. reed timer is a professional storm chaser. do not try to do this yourself. a noaa weather radio and pick-up truck do not make you a storm chaser. they have a lot of equipment in that car that you wouldn t have access to to keep themselves safe because it is very difficult to chase tornadoes in anywhere across the southeast because the trees limit your visibility as you re driving down the roadway and hills and valleys can block the tornado. you can be under the tornado or in the tornado in an instant and you wouldn t even know it. no storm chasing today. get inside if you re up near ridgeland up into mississippi north of jackson, mississippi, right now. good advice, chad. we ll continue to follow this tornado as it moves across mississippi. we are back right after this quick break. introducing precise pain relieving cream. it blocks
been tortured with electrical devices, cables and whips. people who live or lived near the fukushima nuclear plant will soon get a check. the japanese government today ordered officials at tokyo electric to make those payments. families will get $12,000, individuals $9,000. want to go straight to our own chad meyers who has a tornado that is on the ground in mississippi, chad. tell us what details you re getting in right now. just moved through clinton, mississippi and into the northern western suburbs of jackson, mississippi. reed timer from discovery.com, that storm chaser show, literally had that tornado on the ground on his camera not less than one minute ago. he s driving again trying to get a picture, trying to get an image of the tornado. you go on to that website and you can actually look at it as well. let s take you right into the storm. vicksburg, clinton, the storm cell right there.