powerful tornadoes ripping through mississippi overnight killing morethan 20 people and leaning behind of devastating destruction. to see what might be coming in front of you last night, this massive tornado was only able to be viewed by intermittent flashes of lightning and transformers blowing out in the distance. is that i can hear it. hi, aishah. iowa good to see you. i m aishah hosni in washington. officials there say that town is essentially gone with entire neighborhoods leveled as you can see here in this video and thousands without power or anywhere to go. we are being told by officials on the ground that there are 23 people dead in that area. griff: it has hit them hard, in fact. powerful interview with rolling folks mayor, neil cavuto earlier. he literally looked to left and right and nothing was left, rolling fork is down in delta area. i went to school in mississippi, grew up there. damaged not only homes but areas but also hospital nearby as well. nearest town
someone was found alive that was, you know, in rubble and not knowing whether they. going live or die and fortunately we found that person and they got a second chance. hopefully fingers crossed we are going to find more and, you know, if not, we will have to, you know, come together again as a community and support those folks that will need the additional support in the worst case scenario meaning someone has passed away. reporter: aishah, just to recap, crews are leaving no stone unturned for recovery efforts, they are using k9 s and imaging technology to look through the rubble. it s such a tragedy for this to occur this time of year. rn palmer known for eastern chocolate that we cherish and enjoy this time of this. the investigation of how that happened underway and will be in the foreseeable future.