a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, in the south of the country. the authorities said the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. map one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork our north america correspondent, david willis, reports.(vt dozens are still missing, but it is difficult to imagine anyone emerging from this sort of devastation alive. the tornado struck at night, leaving bewildered residents struggling to take in the impact of such a malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the tofnado sirens on, warning people to take cover. it happened so fast. right now, we ve got multiple homes damaged in sioux city and also in other areas of the county. local residents say the first they knew of it was when the lights started flickering. many were left stranded after their vehicles were swept away. we had to get ourselves into the
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
tornadoes in the last 24 hours and all of last year. this is rolling fork, mississippi, one county constable says the community is gone there and what s left? looks like a landfill. at least 24 people are confirmed dead 23 in mississippi , one in alabama and all of last year across the entire country. tornadoes killed 23 people, according to the national weather service. this is already exceeding that right now, state and federal leaders are already mobilizing help to the hardest hit areas. cnn s nick valencia is in rolling fork, mississippi. nick, tell us what you re seeing there. hey jim. we just got here on the ground and it is just, you know, it s awful. it s striking to see these images anywhere. you go in the country , but you know, our attention was certainly grabbed by the site here and just how much damage there is. throughout this town of about 2000 residents were in rolling fork. this is the mississippi delta and this here is one of the staples of the community. th
explaining quote to protect your life and take cover. now a former mayor of rolling fork also described the tornado hitting his home, telling a local television station at the tornado blew the windows out of the back of his house and the sharkey county sheriff s office reporting several gas leaks and people still trapped in piles of rubble. mississippi governor tate reeves saying in a twitter post that search and rescue teams are active right now, and that more ambulances and emergency assets are also being sent to help those who have been affected. the governor also saying quote many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god s protection. and this storm is not over yet. let s go now to fox weather meteorologist jane men are for the very latest on the track of the storm. jane hello, marianne . yeah definitely. just a devastating night. we saw these storms really start to fire up once the sun went down and tracked across mississippi, where we saw the worst of the dama
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