winning? reviews are in on that. good morning. i m alex witt. this is msnbc sunday. thanks for joining us. at this hour, a massive, violent weather system is heading up the east coast after spawning tornadoes in the south and major flooding in the midwest. one of the tornadoes in louisiana killed a young mother who was shielding her child. the twisters damaged some 100 homes, and the weather channel s julie martin has more. reporter: at least three tornadoes ripped through an area 50 miles west of baton rouge, louisiana, saturday morning, injuring 12 and killing 1. 60 homes were destroyed. in crowley, three high school students suffered minor injuries at a waffle house when the window was blown out by a tornado. but the most serious damage wasn t rain. down the street there, there s a house that has something that went through the roof, it looks like. and o riley s, their roof is gone, almost completely shattered. they suffered extensive damage to the northern par
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good day, everyone. this has been a day of dancing rains and tornados. some 26 states, over 100 million americans have been in the path of this system which has triggered flood watches and warnings from parts of missouri all the way to vermont. while in the south, thunderstorms have unleashed tornados near southwestern louisiana. including one that s left at least one person dead. julie martin is covering it all for us tonight. reporter: at least three tornados ripped through an area 50 miles west of baton rouge, louisiana saturday morning, injuring 12 and killing one. 60 homes were destroyed. in crowley, three high school students suffered injuries at a waffle house when the window was blown out by the tornado. but the most serious damage was in rayne. o reilly s their roof is almost completely gone. they suffered extensive damage to the northern part of their town. reporter: police evacuated thousands. there s a numb
good day, everyone. this has been a day of dancing rains and tornados. some 26 states, over 100 million americans have been in the path of this system which has triggered flood watches and warnings from parts of missouri all the way to vermont. while in the south, thunderstorms have unleashed tornados near southwestern louisiana. including one that s left at least one person dead. julie martin is covering it all for us tonight. reporter: at least three tornados ripped through an area 50 miles west of baton rouge, louisiana saturday morning, injuring 12 and killing one. 60 homes were destroyed. in crowley, three high school students suffered injuries at a waffle house when the window was blown out by the tornado. but the most serious damage was in rayne. o reilly s their roof is almost completely gone. they suffered extensive damage to the northern part of their town. reporter: police evacuated thousands. there s a number of houses and businesses that are downed and/
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