this all comes after the tornadoes ripped through mississippi and alabama. officials say so far at least 26 people have been killed. a pastor in hard-hit rolling fork, mississippi says nearly the entire town is completely destroyed. exodus total devastation. it is a wreckage like i have never seen. it s only a miracle of god there are not hundreds of fatalities in our town and in our area. houses leveled, houses completely destroyed. businesses like the majority of the businesses in our small town are completely destroyed. it is just terrible wreckage. alicia: and fortune of the severe weather threat for the region is not over urologist adam s life in the forecast said with the latest pickwick snowstorms continue to push across the south easily continued to the sunday. maybe even a lingering a little bit into monday. here s what we are currently looking at. some of the green polygons on your screen flooding and portions of north-central georgia. you see a severe thunderstor
chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: good morning, the town of rolling fork has about 1,750 people so imagine a small town like that everybody knows everybody, and now you re going to have everybody who knows somebody if you weren t yourself impacted by the storm. it s going to be a really rough day for people as the sun comes up just exactly one hour from now. this year has been a really active tornado season. we ve had 282 tornadoes. typically so far in the season we would have 174 tornadoes, and you get a look at that. this is just your statistical averages. march right there, we are headed into our what is generally really active months of april and may and june. doesn t mean that ll be the case this year but certainly that trend has been the case. all of this has been those storm s that have been coming across california, have made their way across parts of the south where its been really warm, above average temperatures for a long time, and those temps are still re
mississippi right now after the monster snowstorm ripped across the states friday night. carving a path of destruction more than 100 miles long. fox whether multi media journalist katie byrne you can see that total town behind you has basically been leveled, what is going on right now? yes, eric, you can see the damage it is drastic when you look around. we note 25 people have lost their lives across the state of mississippi, crossed four counties. thirteen of those lives lost or right here the town of rolling fork. we can tell you what we have been out here today we have seen search crews still out and about barely spoke to public information officer who says even though they re not in the active reports for missing people that could change the coming days. when you look around too some the damage search crews came up to the spot earlier but i want to warn you it s graphic to think about this. a member of the search party told me they are following smells as they tour the damage in
in mississippi after multiple tornadoes leave at least 14 people dead. one monster twister believed to be a mile-wide carving a path of destruction that stretches over 100 miles. the tornado flattening homes, toppling power lines and downing trees. search and rescue operations will continue this morning as crews search for anyone who may have been trapped in the rubble. and two migrants are dead and at least 10 more hospitalized in texas after officials found a group suffocating in a train car traveling to the u.s.-mexico border. the mayor says someone called 911 and that the migrants were locked in a shipping container. i.c.e. is investigating this as a possible case of human smuggl ing. and now the shocking footage. a massive explosion at a chocolate factory in pennsylvania. at least two people are dead. eight are injured and nine are missing. the blast happening late yesterday afternoon at arie & palmer which is about an hour outside of philadelphia. residents warn to avoid the area
it is tuesday, may 24th. we re getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that we re talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. good morning. what are you seeing there? good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you it s a good morning in joplin. it simply isn t. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. let s begin this morning with some breaking news, however. president obama in london this morning, is announcing that he will be coming here. he will be visiting joplin this sunday as soon as he gets back from his european trip. the president says he wants the folks here to know the government will do absolutely everything they can to make sure that there s recovery here. 30% of joplin is gone. it s decimated. right now hundreds of police, fire fighters, national guardsmen, other volunteers are searching for survi