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
some surgical patients may be at risk for hiv, hepatitis c. all three of those possible infections, now, at this point, hospital officials say there s no the free testing is out of extreme caution. you may remember the case of kristen parker, she was a surgical technician at rose medical center, who infected at least 18 hospital patients with hepatitis c. she was convicted of stealing the liquid painkiller fentanyl. leaving behind her dirty sirjs that were used on patients. who got c. disappointed and saddened because the patients that i represented really worked hard to put in safe guards, to prevent this from happening and hearing that this may endanger a whole other set of patients is reporter: now, both rose medical center and swedish are health one hospitals and i am told that both the state health department and the angle wood investigated. if you think that you are one of these patients, if you had surgery here at swedish, during that time period, there is a numbe
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,
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 that we were all okay. reporter: the tornado continued three-quarters of a mile, approaching the first baptist church of collinsville. pastor wade ricks heard it coming: took off running, and my son was right over here. and i said, get inside. we went inside and got underneath the desk. and 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 to believe that something could do this much damage, so quick. reporter: north of mississippi in tennessee, the same system that fuele
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 that we were all okay. reporter: the tornado continued three-quarters of a church of collins