tornado watches and warnings are in effect right now for parts of mississippi all the way to georgia. it comes as the death toll is rising after those massive storms. toward through seven states, and now at least nine people are dead. dozens more injured. there were over 50 sidings of tornadoes, including 22 in illinois, 12 and arkansas aid in iowa. in arkansas. three people are dead after the violent storms swept through that state. the national weather service has confirmed at least two tornadoes have touched down in the state. girl out of commotion and stuff that it was just over. i go outside, and it s crazy as people get blood all over their faces. three people were killed when an apparent tornado ripped through sullivan, indiana, first responders work through the night to clear the streets so they could get to the places hit hardest. and illinois baseball sized hail damage. some vehicles so badly that they had to be towed from the roadway. but the hardest hit areas a sm
portions of mississippi and alabama or live in the weather center. awarding to the west, vladimir putin says he will station nuclear weapons in belarus. and risking it all for the american dream, a rising number of pregnant women and minors make the dangerous trek through panama for a chance at asylum in the us from cnn center. cnn newsroom with laila harre. we begin with a massive cleanup underway in the southeastern us after powerful storms that spawned deadly tornadoes barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. the secretary of homeland security is set to tour the area later today and in the past couple of hours, president biden approved the mississippi governor s request for a major disaster declaration to get federal disaster. eight. flowing as quickly as possible. the mayor of heart hit rolling fork saying his city is gone. here s congressman bennie thompson, describing the destruction in his home stat
Responders with that there was absolute chaos there when they arrived. now we know that the severe weather threat is not over there, firing up this morning across the country, cnn meteorologist brittany ritz, his tracking it from the weather center, where specifically should we be watching right now ? watching the southeast now for strong storms, their sub severe which is great, but one or two may get to that point where we re talking about wind gusts over 60 mph and some small hail later this afternoon. then we start focusing on the northeast , where we have more of that tornado threat or the storms throughout the southeast, currently no watches no warnings in place, so we re watching them slowly start to weaken but will ramp up again once we bring in some afternoon heating, so you ll see those areas highlighted in the hello, where we re a little more vulnerable for that severe weather threat again, all hazards in play just as they were yesterday. just not as likely so areas up across
Meteorologist karen mcginnis, karen, um millions now bracing for another round of severe weather. yes and it looks like the bulk of that will be with the afternoon heating, but we could see one round during the morning hours on sunday, then another milder round as we go towards the afternoon, but then towards the evening, we re looking at this really kicking up into another threat of severe weather, primarily in an area from around montgomery, alabama, you may know auburn university in this area, also the historic areas of natchez and hattiesburg , mississippi, extending over towards the eastern portion of louisiana. high winds and hail seemed to be the predominant items that we could see in the way of severe weather, but can t rule out the potential for an isolated, severe tornado. right now we re just picking up a couple of little isolated cells just to the north of montgomery, alabama, looks fairly benign. but there is a frontal system that is draped across this
Finding what may be tornadic activity in these clouds. has that not been a factor tonight? we were under a tornado watch at 7:00 p.m. this morning. it expired 9:00 p.m. this evening. we had numerous confirmed tornadoes. tropical weather aren t like the ones you get in oklahoma or texas in the middle of spring season. there are some 30, 40 tornadoes, we dealt with that in florida in the 2004 season. any spiraling bands afternoon tomorrow will still be a risk. on the scale of concern, you know, it s pretty low. afternoon heating makes the risk higher just as it does through tornado alley. bill karins our meteorologist. thanks. again, if you re tuning in we re