outages. what you re seeing now would be the 11th tornado so far from the major storm system that is crossing into the east. for more on the damage from last night, we re going to turn to david begnaud in collinsville, mississippi. david? reporter: scott, good evening. the community of collinsville knows exactly what the people of georgia are dealing with right now. it was 24 hours ago at this very moment that a tornado came from this direction and ripped through the first baptist church where we are tonight. and the only people here were the pastor, his wife and their son, and they hid in the safest place they know, the church. this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. it s coming right at us. reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with her neighbor in a basement right before her roof was blown off. it was shocking. you know, you don t really know what to feel, but i was thankful reporter: the tornado
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this was the scene throughout alabama and mississippi over the last 24 hours. it s coming right at us. reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with her neighbor in a basement right before her roof was blown off. it was shocking. you know, you don t really know what to feel, but i was thankful that we were all okay. reporter: the tornado continued three-quarters of a mile, approaching first baptist church of collinsville. coming. took off running, and my son was right over here. i said, gege inside.e. we went inside and got underneath the desk. as soon as we got under the desk, it hit. reporter: pastor ricks says it took less than 20 seconds to do this to the 85-year-old church, which had been damaged during hurricane katrina. it s hard the believe that something could do this much damage so quick. reporter: north of mississippi in tennessee, the same system that fueled those tornadoes caused flooding. were rescued from their homes,
reporter: in collinsville, mississippi, vicky hartley took shelter with a neighbor in a basement before her roof was blown off. is was shocking. i was thankful that we were all okay. reporter: the tornado continued 3/4 mile, approaching the first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming. took off running. and my son was right over here. i said get inside. we went inside and got underneath a desk. and soon as we got under the desk2it hit. reporter: pastor rick says itit ok less than 20 second to dupe this to the 85-year-old church which had been damaged during hurricane katrina. hard to believe that something could do this much damage so quick. reporter: north of mississippi, in tennese, the same system that fueled thosos tornado thousasas, caused floooong. eight people in rankin county were rescued from their homes. another this morning in ashland city. sun day i preached on how to handle storms. if that s believable. i guess god is sa