woman tells cnn. her town in mississippi obliterated us. forces in syria strike back after coming under attack for the third time in two days. the iranian connection in this escalating conflict and i said you skied directly into my epping back and he said, oh, sorry. sorry. i m sorry. actress gwyneth paltrow gives her version of a skiing accident at the center of a lawsuit against her the case of she said, he said. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom leila harare. we begin this hour with extreme weather in the southeastern united states, where multiple tornadoes barrel through the state of 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. officials are sending search and rescue teams and first responders to the area northwest of jackson and as the storm system moves east, millions more
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
tasters on youtube actually. following the storm, and we watched this tornado form. through the lightning strikes and it became this massive massive monster, and they said it s headed directly towards town. so i called my grandmother. and i heard her on the phone and told her to get down. and she, um she was saying down, but i could you could hear the tornado in the you could hear the roar in the background as 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. truly terrifying and harrowing experience that you detail there . what else were you doing all
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 strikes and it became this massive massive monster it and they said, it s headed directly towards town. so i called my grandmother. and i heard her on the phone and told her to get down and she um, she was staying down, but i could you could hear the tornado in the you could hear the roar in the background as 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. truly terrifying and harrowing
we know these storms aren t flat. they re in the vertical, 40, 50, 60 thought feet. let s pull this thing up and look at it. when you look at this big rotating thunderstorm, as massive as it is, look the a what s going on right here. that tornado. the most violent part of that super cell is right there in that tornado. let s lift the face of this and talk about tornado genesis. a lot of the research over the past several years has gone into what actually kicks off the tornado for the super cell? well, there s one thing that stands out. you can sometimes see this when you re in the field. it is called the rear flank down draft. it s when the upper level winds get caught in the down draft. if if that rear flank down draft isn t super cold, it can allow a tornado form, especially when you have on the eastern side of that that warm, moist air. you see the rotation going on and viola, we ve got otherwise a tornado. preceding a tornado, there s another feature we have to talk about. you saw