ripping apart businesses and homes in louisiana. >> trees are down. people are walking out. >> reporter: striking this church in alexandria. schoolchildren carried to safety. first responders making sure everyone is okay. multiple tornadoes tearing through louisiana and mississippi. >> edwards, you are in the path of this. be in your shelter right now. >> reporter: west of jackson, mississippi, trees snapping like toothpicks, crashing onto homes. the cleanup now underway. all part of a deadly winter storm system marching east. snow, ice and rain making travel treacherous in the wichita, kansas, area. in kansas city, missouri, this pickup truck changing lanes and then spinning out on a slick i-435. the storm creating near zero visibility at times, claiming at least 11 lives so far, including three people killed in this multivehicle wreck on interstate 80 southwest of omaha sunday. david, that tornado that hit alexandria, louisiana, was on the ground for about 63 miles