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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. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork where entire neighborhoods were flattened to rubble. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. the extent of the devastation is truly extraordinary. entire communities reduced to piles. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys. dozens are still missing but it s difficult to imagine anyone emerging from this sort of devastation alive. the tornado struck at night, leaving bewildered residents struggling to take and the impact of such a malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the sirens on, warning people to take cover. it happened so fast. right now we ve got multiple homes damaged and also in other areas of the county. local resid ....
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 int ....
There is the chance for tornadoes, but as far as how devastating they are going to be, we don t generally know about until may be about an hour or less sometimes before the actual tornado touches down. so, adding difficulty to things is the tornado last night occurred after sunset. so we can t get visual confirmation, so anytime there is tornadoes at night it makes the situation just that more damaging and destructive and just dangerous. brian, very quickly, the town of, it s a poor town. a lot of people were in mobile homes, the infrastructure was not the best. people could see, it was just smashed. it looked like splinters on the ground. in terms of the power that this tornado packed and the time that people would have had to seek shelter, what were their chances? what advice would you give next? ., . , chances? what advice would you give next? ., ., , .,, chances? what advice would you give next? ., ., , ., , next? unfortunately, mobile homes are one of the next? unfortunately, mo ....
From south to north, from vicksburg toward rolling fork. and the storm was absolutely electrified. the lightning was pulse lightning, so frequent, strobe lightning. so you could see the whole structure of the storm. and then suddenly you saw that wedge tornado probably over a quarter to a half mile wide as it was crossing the mississippi river and heading toward the town of rolling fork. brian hoeth is a meteorologist with the national weather service s southern region. for now, the worst of the weather is certainly over in mississippi. today is going to be fine but that we do have a chance for some severe weather again tomorrow in mississippi, but it will be south of where we had the worst storms last night. as far as how rare this is, we usually get about four tornadoes on average in march for mississippi. ....