strassmann in mississippi. yeah, you can t live like that, sweetheart. reporter: kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. six of them were her neighbors. my 72-year-old blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head ohis forehead, no broken bones, not severely hurt, didn t have to go into i.c.u., i m good with that. reporter: in northern alabama, flash flooding was a threat all day. in some areas, people were warned to avoid driving. on christmas night, a twister struck birmingham, the state s biggest city. rattled residents described seeing white rain. pouring down, heavy rain, and then all of a sudden, the glass in my windows just broke out. reporter: two homes in the state s capital were destroyed, otherring badly dam
six of them were her neighbors. my 72-year-old blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head on his forehead, no broken bones, not severely hurt, didn t have to go into i.c.u., i m good with that. reporter: in northern alabama, flash flooding was a threat all day. in some areas, people were warned to avoid driving. on christmas night, a twister struck birmingham, the state s biggest city. rattled residents described seeing white rain. pouring down, heavy rain, just boom, boom, heavy rain. and then all of a sudden, the glass in my windows just broke out. reporter: two homes in the state s capital were destroyed, others badly damaged, but no one was killed. since christmas eve, unseasonably warm weather across the south has fueled killer storms. thousands of victims in tennessee, arkansas, and georgia up. that s not even part of my house. that came from my next door neighbor. reporter: wh
that, sweetheart. reporter: kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. six of them were her neighbors. my 72-year-old blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head ohis forehead, no broken bones, not severely hurt, didn t have to go into i.c.u., i m good with that. reporter: in northern alabama, flash flooding was a threat all day. in some areas, people were warned to avoid driving. on christmas night, a twister struck birmingham, the state s biggest city. rattled residents described seeing white rain. pouring down, heavy rain, just boom, boom, heavy rain. and then all of a sudden, the glass in my windows just broke out. state s capital were destroyed, otherring badly damaged, but no one was killed. since christmas eve, unsea
people killed this week by tornadoes that swept across the south. in alabama, where another twister touched down christmas night, nearly 200 roads are closed due to flooding, and the threat of extreme weather is not over yet. the south central u.s. faces everything from more tornadoes to blizzard conditions while part of the midwest and northeast could finally get their first real taste of winter early next week. we begin tonight with mark strassmann in mississippi. yeah, you can t live like that, sweetheart. reporter: kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. six of them were her neighbors. my 72-year-old blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head ohis forehead, no broken bones, not severely hurt, didn t have to go into i.