a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, which is located here, in the south of the country. the authorities said the twister left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where trees and power lines have been torn down. at one point, debris was being pulled more than 6000 metres into the sky. you can see here the latest pictures of the destruction in rolling fork. debris everywhere, cars on top of what used to be buildings. complete and utter devastation. lots and lots of torn down buildings. as the rescue operation takes place as people start to think about the cleaning operation, many people there will have lost their homes, their livelihoods. and we understand there are some survivors that police and rescue services are still looking for. president biden has called the mississippi storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. here s our north america correspondent, david willis. doz
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Supplies. And today Governor Desantis activated 2500 members of the National Guard and cnn correspondents are every angle. Lets get started with tom sater. This looks like a very powerful storm that could unleash a lot of fury on the gulf coast, something we havent seen so far during this hurricane season. And it sounds like people need to wake up and Pay Attention. Everywhere from pensacola to ft. Myers. We didnt haven would named storm for the entire month of august and now we have four of them. If it wasnt for ian, wed be talking about fiona, massive damage up in canada. Notice how wide it is, the sun is out here and getting the reflection, but you can see the circulation. There is the yucatan. But the infrared Satellite Imagery is a mess. It doesnt look impressive at all. At 8 00 a. M. This morning, Hurricane Hunters had a hard time finding the center. They did find it. It can jump around a little bit. And if that center jumps around, it will change the track. And that is important