welcome to bbc news. the authorities in iran are vowing to enforce the wearing the latest series of tornadoes to have ripped through parts of the united states has left at least 11 people dead, they were killed in the states of arkansas and illinois. dozens have been injured and tens of thousands have lost power. some pictures coming through to us in the last half hour show the extent of the damage to homes in this residential area in the state of illinois. the picture is no better in arkansas where you can see homes have been completely flattened and businesses forced to close after devastating damage. the governor there, sarah huckabee sanders, has declared a state of emergency. here s sancha berg. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction. two of the fiercest touchdown in the southern state of arkansas, tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the volume of itjust seems rather intense and it was extremely
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if this were a tornado it would be an ef 3 tornado about five to ten miles wide. that s the kind of devastation this possibly has. it will make landfall sometime between, i d say, 1:00 and 4:00 this afternoon as a category 4. it s still a category 2 this evening into southwestern georgia, continuing as a 2 right along the georgia, south carolina coast and tropical system moving out by friday morning. the biggest impact, storm surge. that s where we have the greatest loss of life and destruction. we re talking inundation of coastal locations. a 9 to 13 foot storm surge. that is massive. to put it in more perspective, as the winds push that wall of water onshore, we re talking three feet is about right on your porch level. six feet is just about i m six feet. i m less than six feet. i m 5 7 . now i m covered.
starting to wrap up. there also was a potential tornado last night in areas of pennsylvania. there was some damage. we ll bring you those pictures a little later and if it does get confirmed for a tornado it will be pennsylvania s first ever february tornado on record. how rare is that? so here s the storm for the weekend. this is as we go through saturday. rainy as we go throughout the morning into the afternoon. all of a sudden the blue blossoms, that s the colder air. that s the snow falling from the clouds. snow, d.c., philly, new york, moving into boston as we go throughout saturday evening and ending as we go throughout sunday morning and as far as snowfall totals go it s going to be a heavier wet snow. this is 4 inches in the pink. this is around 2 to 3 in the blue. so about a 2 to 4-inch snowfall just to the north of i-95. this is a question of who gets the worst of it. stay tuned as we go throughout the weekend. 60s to snow. what happened a few days ago with bill telling us
forward. imagine what that is like to have a tornado look that coming at you. you know, everybody who s ever ridden out a tornado it seems, for that matter an earthquake, so often they describe it as a freight train. that s what everybody says, the sound of it, the earth is shaking and rumbling, the wind is howling. it is mother nature, you know, in extremes. i must tell you be i was thinking just before you came to me, when you see this, you kind of get the perspective that we are just but a spec on the planet and whenever mother nature decides to come through, she can do awful damage. i ll tell you, well said. wonderful perspective there. tom costello, thank you very much. thank you, cameraman, we appreciate that 360. that does put it in perspective as well. our coverage of the deadly tornado outbreak continues on msnbc.com, which includes a further look at what is causing this violent weather. new reaction to comments made by rush limbaugh toward a female college student or