was sucking stuff up from the ground. i couldn t tell what it was, but i could see all kind of things floating around it. but then you could see just different colors being sucked up into the tornado, and you knew it was just ripping stuff up. you just didn t know, you know, you didn t know what. but it was just you know, unreal to see something that shrine and something that massive. because it was just huge. some of that is because it s a professional photographer. this was an amateur video. but still, that is massive. you can see the colors as he described it in there. in tuscaloosa, homes are without power. essential services like police and fire have been interrupted. emergency management says 128 people are dead, and that number is likely to rise. alabama governor robert bentley is joining us live this morning. good morning, sir. first of all, i mean, this is so devastating. our thoughts and prayers are with you and your entire state this morning as you try to see
sheer is the good man behind the camera, a stool, even on the trees, a life vest. things that are not where they should be. a few toys, stuffed animals for kids. unbelievable all tied in with bedding, with siding, cars, you see one over there, late model car just torn to pieces. a proven point as to where you never want to get into one of those during a tornado. the safest place to be is definitely underground, but unfortunately for 128 people here in parts of alabama, they didn t get to shelter soon enough. we can expect that number to rise in the coming minutes, hours and, unfortunately, days. the governor just said he expects the number to rise to tuscaloosa. 15 confirmed deaths in tuscaloosa, but he thinks the number will rise as sun comes up, dawn breaks and you re able to sort of see the scope of the devastation. what are people around there
haath. 500 people have died in security crackdowns since the uprising began. that turmoil in syria is trickling down to the royal wedding. the syrian ambassador is no longer invited to the ceremony. a foreign office spokesperson said it would be quite inappropriate. back to our breaking news now, the national weather service says it received over 150 reports of tornado sightings in the south. that s right around the national average for the entire month of april. tuscaloosa has been flattened. a mile-wide twister tore up this city block by block. the national guard has been called in, 2,000 national guard troops, fema and homeland security officials have been summoned. the president declared it a disaster area.
that devastation continues as the sun comes up. 83,000 people live in tuscaloosa. for many of them life changed forever in the last 24 hours. reynolds wolf joins us from tuscaloosa. the amazing thing about tuscaloosa this morning is it doesn t matter whether you happen to point the camera. anywhere you look, there s a different story. unfortunately much of the story involves the devastation. the tornado that struck this area late yesterday afternoon hard to believe that just a little over 12 hours ago this was a normal structure. this house was in decent shape, now it s in sam bells. you see the trees that were full of foliage stripped bare, splintered also. not just the trees, not just the houses, but personal items everywhere. bicycles. an amazing thing. but that s stuff that can be replaced. what cannot be replaced are the 128 lives that have been lost in
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