gone. us president joe biden back home after meeting with prime minister justin trudeau in canada, why illegal immigration across the u. s northern border was a hot topic. and people all over the world getting ready to turn off the lights to mark earth hour. it s a way to help raise awareness about the climate crisis. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin this hour with extreme weather in the southeastern united states, where multiple tornadoes barreled across mississippi in the past few hours, the national weather service says a large tornado cost significant damage in several towns, including rolling fork and silver city, leaving homes and buildings flattened and trees and power lines down. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson. we spoke with the president of one of the town s hard hit in mississippi should described what she went through. we watched this tornado form. through the lightning
mississippi officials reported least eight deaths and sharkey county, which includes the town of rolling fork, where homes and businesses were flattened, and trees and power lines were knocked down. humphreys county. at least three people were killed and at least two people are in critical condition. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson, and we spoke with the president of one of the towns that was hard hit, who was on the phone with her grandmother when the tornado went through? listen to this. you could hear the tornado in the you could hear the roar in the background and she started screaming. for help. and she said that, um she wants it stopped roaring her, she said. it s raining through my roof. it s raining through my roof, so we rushed down to evacuate her immediately. officials in morgen county, alabama, say first responders freed up to seven people who were trapped in a group home and as the storm system moves
everyone. and welcome to cnn. this morning. saturday, march 25th. what victor? what? i m ambro walker. are we doing like another studio change? i m victor blackwell. so here s what happened. the air conditioner in the studio didn t work. so we did the six o clock hour in 80 degrees plus lights sweating. we were sweating. and then we said , we can t do this. so we moved to separate studios that were air conditioned. during that hour. at seven. they fixed the a. c. now we re back in this studio. hopefully it works first weekend back with us. you brought the chaos. bring the heat. you brought the heat. you sure did. i don t like it so much. alright. here s what we re watching this morning. when he came through. it sounds like helicopter real real fast, and it came so fast and quick. we can do nothing but get up on the cover. severe storms ripped through parts of the south more than 20. people are dead more than 100,000 people without power. one mississippi town is described as q
these were homes, neighborhoods , communities and here and elsewhere. the staggering loss of property is secondary. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective. these past 24 hours have seen more tornado deaths than all of last year. many are just thankful to have survived. mcafee unity. and . thank god we re alive, but also were so devastated by the loss. the whole trailer park behind the building is gone and we don t know where everybody is . we don t know who s alive and who s gone. cnn s nick valencia is enrolling fork, mississippi nick just heartbreaking to hear these accounts. what are you hearing from people? it is and it s just awful to see this and we apologize for having to go live from our satellite phone. but it s a testament how much damage is here. in sharkey county and rolling fork, mississippi felt hours have been heavily damaged here, which is why we re not being able to go live on air. but wh
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