i said rolling fork. rolling stone. i have my mind going here. we will be back. we will be with you every step of the way. god bless you all. god bless our first responders. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] >> crumbing back? >> thank you all so much for coming. it means a lot. >> how did they get out? ready? ok. oh, we're this way. >> today joint chief of staff chair general mark milley talks about the future of the joint forces, current eventuals and his final -- events and his final year as the president's senior military advisor. live coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. on c-span. you can also watch on our free mobile video app, c-span now. or online at c-span.org. fridays at 8:00 p.m. eastern, c-span brings you after words from book tv. a program where nonfiction authors are interviewed by journalists, legislators and more on their latest books. tonight matthew, pulitzer prize winning a

i want to talk to the mayorjf o rolling fork.ldridge joining us now -- mayor walker, joining us now. mayor, thank you for joining us. iq aw$áq(rpáe it. i knowq it's a rough timeq for e community after this tornado. talk us through, if you will, the recovery efforts and how you guys are picking up the pieces. >> well, recovery is still going on. i'% thinking today is going to be thecok final day ofq that everybody has been accounted for mostly. and as you know,xd we've lost 1 folks in this community. and being a small community that we are, everybody knows each other. what's important is that our families are taken care of. >> yeah. >> our displaced families and those injured, and that's taken care of. right now, we're looking atr trying to come back. to rebuild rolling fork, mississippi, to make it a better community thanr we just really want to thank the volunteers and folks who have come from as far as tennessee, ì(lc% it's a great thing. we're just thankful for them. and i thank them on behalf of our community. >> how do you r

i -- >> john: we are going to leave it there, the town of rolling fork, not rolling stone.nt paying tribute to the nine people who died there in the horrible tornado as he tries to bring some comfort to the community. he did not go to east palestine, ohio, though, when that community was so devastated. >> sandra: that does it for us here. hand off to martha. john, thank you so much for joining us throughout the week. see you soon. i'm sandra smith. >> john: have a great spring break next week. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. breaking right now on "the story," the secret service, the nypd, the fbi and the manhattan da's office have all been meeting this afternoon to hammer out the details around logistics and security and it will be complicated as they prepare for this on tuesday afternoon when we expect around 2:15 p.m., the arraignment of former president trump here in new york. sources tellin

this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys after the twister touched down, all but wiping this tight—knit community off the map. we've got a new scan coming on as we speak. the storm struck at night, the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. sighs. oh, man. sighs. dearjesus, please help them. around 8:20, we have the tornado sirens going off, warning people to, you know, take cover. it happened so fast. right now, we got multiple homes damaged in the silver city area and also in other parts of the area of the county. some survivors likened the sound and ferocity of the storm to an incoming freight train. got to get ourselves into the middle part of the house and we did and we got in there and obviously, it was coming right behind us because as soon as we got in there, we heard a big boom. even those used to tracking such malevolent forces of nature say the impact took them by surprise. all the ingredients were in place for a large—s

in mary barfield bush, a grandmother from rolling fork.les away from rolling fork and silver city, two year old aubrey died during the storms, her aunt's standing with abc's rob marciano in front of the wreckage. so sad because, like i'm just standing here and knocking j see her at the door smile need just so heartbreaking these digits of shock to everybody baby, aubrey's eight year old cousin badly injured. now fighting for his life in the icu. tracy hearten, the owner of a community staple. chuck's dairy bar, survived by taking refuge in the walk in cooler of a restaurant with her husband and her staff. the lights flickered. and i just hollered cooler and my husband opened the cooler door and started shoving us here and the only thing left standing from chuck's cooler. they were all sheltered in her employees. barbara pink ins and caroline washington were also in the diner that day to the bathroom. and if that was the longest two or three minutes of my life, i just pray, pray, pray team, their beloved local restaurant hoping now to move

the worst destruction is reportedly northeast of jackson in the rural towns of silver city, rolling fork and ameri. the violent storm moved across several southern states , prompting authorities to warn people in its path that they were in a life threatening situation. the national weather service even issuing an alert that didn't mince words, exclaiming quote to protect your life. take cover. now a former mayor of rolling fork told a local television station that a tornado blew the windows out of the back of his house. and the sharkey county sheriff's office reporting gas leaks and people trapped in piles of rubble, mississippi governor tate reeves saying in a twitter post that search and rescue teams are active and that more ambulances and emergency assets are being sent to those affected areas. the governor also saying quote many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god's protection. the storm prediction center, saying the greatest threat of tornadoes overnight will be in arkansas, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee. storms with damaging winds and hill also forecast from e

you chase storms, _ toward the of rolling fork. you chase storms, you _ toward the of rolling fork.hase tornadoes. we're just seeing pictures chase storms, you chase tornadoes. we'rejust seeing pictures now chase storms, you chase tornadoes. we're just seeing pictures now of the utter devastation left in some of those towns that you are near too, was it ever touching go, ever scary at some point? we too, was it ever touching go, ever scary at some point?— too, was it ever touching go, ever scary at some point? i've been doing this for a long _ scary at some point? i've been doing this for a long time, _ scary at some point? i've been doing this for a long time, for _ scary at some point? i've been doing this for a long time, for about - scary at some point? i've been doing this for a long time, for about 25 - this for a long time, for about 25 years. we definitely knew where the tornado is moving, we knew the structure of the tornado. i was scared for the people in the path of this one. when we arrived in the town of rolling forkjust after the tornado came through and saw the dark s

um as soon as it crossed the river, and it was clear that it was going to hit rolling fork. decided to position a little bit north on highway 14 to the northeast of rolling pork to kind of stay out of its way, and we saw power flashes as it came through the town. and had to move out of its way and once it once it started to affect rolling fork and then pass highway 14. now it's dark and you couldn't see it. but could you hear that tornado? so where our position was, uh, it was absolutely dead. calm uh, it was almost as if there was a storm ongoing at all. it wasn't until the tornado got within a quarter mile of us. that the inflow channels started to pick up and tighten, and that's when we knew we needed to get out of there. but this particular situation i haven't experienced before. usually you can hear it sounds almost like a waterfall, or some people can say it sounds like a freight train. but here was it was completely different. the dead calmness just uh huh. it was. it was very, very eerie and to see the power flashes going on in rolling fork and knowing that the damag

rolling fork, mississippi. who serves not only his community as mayor but as the funeral director and i think of the task that he has ahead of him given the incredible devastation as a result of these ef4 tornadoes. it really can give you chills to think about he -- has for all of our prayers. will join him in sending him his way. meantime, everyone, before we go to break. i'll tell you what we have coming up on the other side as we promised to continue this coverage for mississippi for you. we are getting a political talk about -- too wet and. we're talking about former governor of new york andrew quorum we'll run it on all of the legal cases against donald trump. what he said might leave you shaking your head. also, donald trump is clearly having a great time in his texas rally. but then, people started asking questions. and his mood quickly changed. -- right in the middle of all of that. he's gonna tell us what happened next. of eczema... with steroid-free cibinqo. not an injection,... cibinqo is a once-dail

we've got photos of rolling fork. talk to a homeowner who think loose able to enjoy a safe place before her home was destroyed she was very emotional her name was jamie and that phone call that magnitude of what had been lost at her community and her home as well. there are ways to help to prove want to make sure they are reputable sources here. you have the red cross of mississippi they will certainly help. they are already on the ground there the red cross of mississippi and alabama we know portions of alabama damage two. samaritans purse is another option they deploy crisis volunteers. the salvation army as well. they assist in disaster relief. you want to make sure they are reputable, well-known. i've seen scams already take advantage of the situation. people are struggling trying to get in touch with loved ones. i've seen a lot of that on social media sites. first responders asking drivers to stay off of those roadways and impacted communities. it's alexandria hoff thank you so much for you are so right about get

>> in the heart of it and that's rolling fork. out of 23 deaths you had 13 in rolling fork and what we need now is to make certain that the declaration -- i think the president signed last night and you have homeland security secretary and secretary of fema and the state fema and the governor is walking around right now in this state and i've never felt so good about how quick they mobilized this information. mike: mr. mayor, do you worry about the possibility of more severe weather today? >> well, i'm told that it may be coming in this afternoon but it may not be as severe but we still -- it's going to impede the process of prying to rescue -- search and rescue and clean up this area, but at the same time it's god's business, it's god's work and we have to work and work around with god. mike: amen. george flaggs, mayor, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. mike: we are expecting a news conference from federal and state officials from mississippi. we plan to bring you there at the appropriate time. that's a live look at

you can see it right there in rolling fork, mississippi everything is gone. emergency crews are still trying to pull survivors out of that destruction. welcome to another hour of fox news live, i'm aishah hosni, hi, griff. griff: i'm griff jenkins. thousands remain without power this afternoon as severe pummeled the region last night. hey, alex. alex: state officials say that the death toll at least at 23 right now, so this is frightening and sad in terms of loss all different kinds n. some weather events you'll have dozens of residents posting online in realtime perhaps posting survival and lose and this one was different because when it hit making it more frightening. last night the massive tornado was only physically interviewed by flashings of lighting and transformer blowing out in the distance. >> i can hear it. >> that's it. i think it's coming right for us. >> wow, we have photos here out of rolling fork. that's really the epicenter of where this all went down but, of course, this tornado came across, new pennsylvaniaed across the state from west to e

that was in the town of rolling fork, mississippi. i literally arrived there. seconds after the tornado had hit. it was still pouring rain. there was lightning everywhere. there was still thunder, and there was just a constant rain of people yelling for help, so i quickly went to the nearest one that i could where i went to one home, and i found a lady that had been crafting her living room. it looked like she had gotten knocked over trying to get to cover. and we were able to take a lot of that debris off of her and free her and get a medical attention. there were able to get her on the stretcher and get out of the demolished poems. and then we went to the home just across the street, which was even more severely damaged than her house and her entire house had collapsed on her, but the couch that humans by had propped up the debris, and she was able to get out on inter. very the pain saws to cut a bunch of the debris out of the way we ever set her free and he was able to give her her family a big hug this evening with wow. that is that is heartwarming that so

the mayor of rolling fork telling me at this town is nearly a total loss.t monster ef4 tornado on the ground for more than an hour, killing more than two dozen people and cutting 860-mile path of disruption across mississ mississippi. >> big wedge! >> reporter: accuweather capturing it hitting at the worst time, with catastrophic winds up to 170 miles per hour. in amery, and other violent prenatal ripping through a school, debris flying out of th. >> this is coming in. oh, man. [sighs] dear jesus, please help them. >> reporter: off their foundations, appliances tossed like toys, trees snapped in half, and the devastation stretches for miles. >> refrigerator, stove... >> reporter: local police officer says it all happened so fast, he and his girlfriend taking cover in the bathtub. >> came off of the foundation, we began rolling inside, debris falling on top of us, all we are doing is holding each other. >> reporter: his home obliterated, couple surviving with only a few cuts and bruises, then immediately started recognizing neighbors. >> one-third screaming,

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you can see here the latest pictures of the destruction in rolling fork.ris everywhere, cars on top of what used to be buildings. complete and utter devastation. lots and lots of torn down buildings. as the rescue operation takes place as people start to think about the cleaning operation, many people there will have lost their homes, their livelihoods. and we understand there are some survivors that police and rescue services are still looking for. president biden has called the mississippi storms �*heartbreaking' and vowed federal support. here's our north america correspondent, david willis. 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 and the impact of such a malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had — malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the _ malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the sirens _ malevolent force of nature. around 820 we had the sirens on, - malevolent force of nature. around 8

at least 7 killed in the rolling fork.ntioned, across the state of mississippi. mississippi governor tate reeves calling this a tragedy. at last check i was told he's actually on his way to rolling fork to meet with those victims firsthand, check in on them. meanwhile, search and rescue is still underway, so there is a lot of work that's going on today. but unfortunately, it has just been so difficult for those who may still be missing, at least four unaccounted for around 6:30 this morning is when we got that last report from emergency managers there. and it may be the case that they're just not able to communicate with their loved ones to let them know that they are okay. so that is really going to be what continues to the happen today. but unfortunately, it's maybe possible that we could see that death toll rise very quickly here, neil. neil: all right, nicole, thank you. i hope it doesn't rise, but with so many missing, you cowonder. thank you for that. want to go to phillip gunn, the speaker of the house in mississipp

courtney. >> reporter: rolling fork is already a small community. the businesses they did have have now mostly been leveled. this car, an example of what we're seeing all over the town. these windows shattered. many of them busted out. you see cars on top of one another. this is at a restaurant here in town that they say was one of the main kind of hubs of folks gathering in the community. it will be sorely missed, we're told. residents that we talk with are trying to process things. we saw one woman with tears streaming down her face saying, thank jesus i am still here. she says she'll replace those material possessions. the state and all of the nonprofits are already arriving here trying to figure out how they can step in and just figure out where these people will go. jose. >> courtney ann jackson, thank you. >>> turning to our other breaking news, the search for survivors is under way in pennsylvania following last night's deadly chocolate factory explosion. the massive blast was caught on camera. and tonight, this small tight-knit community is

this is what remains people's homes here in rolling fork.a hours ago, families were gathering to spend friday night together, now, you can see what's left. and a lot of people were in these properties when the tornado struck. i spoke to one young woman who was just coming back to search for belongings, you can see there is very little left, she said that it happened so fast. and that's what i've heard from everyone, i spoke to the man who had lived in this property, he said the only warning he had was a sound, he could hear the wind coming, he knew something was very wrong so he took shelter in his bathroom, and that is the only part the property that survived. i asked him how he knew it was safe to come out, he said because the roof had come off his home and he could see the tornado had passed. earlier, i spoke to tanya gulliver—garcia, the director, learning and partnerships, centre for disaster philanthropy. this is what she had been hearing from relief orgaisations on the ground. i have been hearing this is unlike anything they have seen

will: small town of rolling fork hit before 9:00 p.m. toppling homes and downing power lines and trees and leveling communities. it sparked multiple explosions. a second twister touching down in the city of amarie. that's where the damage is apparently extensive. this map shows how many mississippi delta communities were hit. pete: there's the path there. the system was triggering flood warnings for millions and 100,000 people are without power at least this morning. let's go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth tracking the story. rick: yeah, we got this after sunset last night and haven't had any sun yet. we have a lot of images as the sun comes up but it's been a long and scary night dealing with all of this with the power out and without any sunrise and all the service connected and have rescue operation is very difficult. this is a look at the line of storms that moved through the first town hit by the tornado and likely the tornado on the ground all the way through and up through the first point was after 9:00 in rolling

one of the hardest hit areas of mississippi is small town of rolling fork.took a direct hit literally, the mayor says his town is gone. fox weather correspondent nicole is on the ground and she has this update tonight. >> what you see around me is sheer devastation here in rolling fork, mississippi. small town but this damage goes on for miles. you see me stepping over pieces of power poles and trees that line roadways. behind me what used to be someone's home, among all of that rubble, there are mattresses, toys, memories and you can see in the background people waking up coming out to try to get a grasp of the sheer destruction this powerful overnight storm left their community. it's in pieces. it's going to take a long time for people to really understand. mississippi governor confirming 23 mississippi has lost their lives. the loss the towns will remember forever. as you look around and hear silence, it is somber. you can hear cars pulling into the town and the sound of alarms blaring to my left but there's still active search and rescue and in some case

this is what remains of people's homes here in rolling fork. can see washing machines, signs of a life that took place here before. the tornado struck in the middle of the night. many people were sleeping. you can imagine just how terrifying that must have been. i saw how the tree was blowing. iran in the bathroom, closed i the door and jumped in the tub. francisco said the only warning he had was the noise of the wind, a sound that will haunt him forever. it was terrifying. and it was like something that i i never want to go through again. i never want to experience that again in my life, - but i made it through it. but it was scary. he survived by sheltering in his bathroom, the only bit of the house that's still partially standing. there is some long term resentment here. mississippi is the poorest state in america, and some feel forgotten by leaders in the nation's capital. excuse my language. damn, you forgot about us? just because we already last in everything, you forgot about us? that's not right. that is very heart wrenching. other tha

sophie long, bbc news rolling fork, mississippi.e hellgren has been spending time on the ground in rolling fork and gave us this update about relief efforts. neighbours are helping neighbours. we have seen so many charitable organisations providing food and drink to those who need it. there are shelters available. and as you heard that federal government help us on the way. it so much needed. these scenes are just heartbreaking. behind me you see very little left of this house. a woman survived in her closet there. i talked to her son just a short time ago. her husband was trapped underneath a mattress. he also survived. you can see just a short distance away, there is a pick—up truck that was just thrown onto a pile of debris. so that help is very much needed. but we are seeing so many from even outside this community coming in and trying to provide assistance to people who desperately need it here right now. mike, as you mentioned the rebuilding is going to take some time of course. but now we are hearing more bad whether is to co

the tornado was on the ground here in rolling fork. >> a big tornado!d: accuweather capturing these images. it is difficult to see in the darkness implicit descriptions of the massive tornado bearing down. >> hey, y'all need help over there? >> david: moments after the general has, the urgent effort to reach people trapped and injured. they would soon learn that many did not survive. >> anybody need help over here? >> david: southeast of tupelo, mississippi, another tornado emergency. the meat in the beauty be a recognizing in real time -- meteorologist in wtva recognizing in real time the viewehorrors his viewers were at to face. >> oh, man. dear jesus, please help them. amen. >> david: the power of the winds as the tornado strikes a high school. the debris hauling from the ceiling. and tonight, we now know here in rolling fork it was a powerful ef-4 to nato that carved devastating path of destruction 59 miles straight across mississippi. 170 mile-per-hour winds up to three quartes of a mile wide. and it was on the ground here for 70 minutes. everythin

in rolling fork, mississippi the damage is widespread and in every direction.he deadly ef4 tornado with wind speeds up to 170 miles per hour turned homes and businesses into piles of rubble. instead of sunday service it's a salvage mission for pastor greg-pocketor at what's left of his chapel of the cross church. >> we're staying in the choir loft. >> reporter: the tornado tore the roof off the chapel and smashed the bell chapel. one of the few things that survived without a scratch was this brand new stained glass window honoring frances mitchell's 96-year-old grandmother, ricky moore, a long-time church member. when you pulled up here, did you think it was gone? >> yeah. i can't explain it. she means a lot to me, and i cannot believe that that window is still there. >> reporter: in nearby amory a school was pounded by the wind. the storms left a 170-mile path of destruction. they started in mississippi, then traveled east, where hail hammered alabama. and in georgia a pair of tornadoes battered the western part of the state, leveling dozens of homes and promp

cnn's isabel rizal is on the scene in rolling fork. right now that the sun is up, the heartbreak is becoming a lot more noticeable for the residents here at rolling fork everywhere you look, it appears as though a bomb has gone off. there's debris down trees down power lines. cars flipped over every single direction. i spoke with the owner of what used to be chuck's dairy bar right here restaurant, really the meeting point for the community where they would come have breakfast, lunch and dinner and chat now is just debris. this owner tracy hardened tells me that the reason she is standing here alive today is because of this industrial cooler. take a listen it was like no notice. we didn't know what was happening. i got a message from my daughter and my sister, saying there's a tornado. okay, get to safety. and then one of my cashiers came and said her mom was on the phone and there was a tornado and then all of a sudden the lights. the lights started flickering egan. i don't know if it was me or somebody who's that cooler and my husban

in rolling fork, specifically, the tornado — in rolling fork, specifically, the tornado came in at the it hit the courthouse, it hit virtually _ it hit the courthouse, it hit virtually everything it could hit. the tornado was, by some estimates, 1.5 the tornado was, by some estimates, 15 miles _ the tornado was, by some estimates, 1.5 miles wide. the national weather service _ 1.5 miles wide. the national weather service is— 1.5 miles wide. the national weather service is called an ef for tornado late tonight and i talked to a group of people _ late tonight and i talked to a group of people seventh st in rolling fork in there _ of people seventh st in rolling fork in there about 20 houses roughly 80 living _ in there about 20 houses roughly 80 living their _ in there about 20 houses roughly 80 living their —— has called it an ef4 tornado — living their —— has called it an ef4 tornado. every single house, every single— tornado. every single house, every single house on the street was nearly— single house on the street was nearly 100% knocked to the ground. most people have no idea where

central time your church there in rolling fork. thank you both.or many watching you have our thoughtings and prayer this is morning in mississippi. >> thank you for having us if i could just say i ask the people of our country to dongt pray for us. pray to find ways to help us and know that our town is a very resilient people. we are people that help each other we're people that are there for each other, and we need help because many of those people that do those things on a daily basis had their lives totally turnedup side down and we're beginning to trust in jesus through this process. and let him walk with us through this storm. will: well you have him you have those prayers pastor thank you so much. thank you both. >> thank you for having us. it is important to mention as rick said it is not just rolling fork but silver city and alabama who we think about this morning. all right coming up, i sit down with our march featured friend former nfl player devin still. >> 2012 -- you are drafted in the second round by the cincinnati bengals. how did t

one small town in particular, rolling fork, all that i particular, rolling fork, all that has been leftly rubble. cars were overturned and smashed, fences ripped up and trees uprooted. i have a quote from the mayor of rolling fork. he says, my city is gone. they call it a city in the us, we might regard to places like rolling fork as a town. he said, my city is gone, devastation a sailor from left to right, that is all i can see. the mississippi governor, tate reeve, said that the loss will be felt in these towns forever. please pray, he said, for god's hand to be over all of those who lost family and friends. of course, so many people have been killed, that may be many more. , ., ., have been killed, that may be many more, , ., ., ., have been killed, that may be many more. , . ., ., ., more. this area, we hear of tornadoes _ more. this area, we hear of tornadoes in _ more. this area, we hear of tornadoes in the _ more. this area, we hear of tornadoes in the united - more. this area, we hear of. tornadoes in the united states, more. this area, we hear of- tornadoes in the united states

incredible stories about the spirit of these families and the resilience and your bravery the town of rolling forkou every step of the way. what did i say i said rolling stone i got my mind going here we'll be back and we'll be with you every step of the way. god bless you all and god bless our first responders thank you. >> president biden in rolling fork, mississippi, touring the damage from that mile-wide tornado that blew through that town about six days ago, leaving 26 people dead, that tornado, across mississippi and alabama

tracy harden and her husband on chuck's dairy bar in rolling fork.don't know where everybody is. we don't know it's alive and who's gone and just. just trying to hold it together . mississippi governor tate reeves issued a state of emergency in all counties affected by the severe storms, according to a release. state agencies led the search for victims and fema has arrived to help with the recovery right now we still are in a lifesaving life sustaining mode, and we want to make sure that the state has everything that they need, and as we work to make sure that no additional lives are lost, i think is used watching the images and i'm watching these images. that's just heartbreaking to see the devastation that this community and have sustained the tornado that flattened much of the community of rolling fork was rated the strength of ef four, according to a member of the national weather service team surveying the damage, even though we lost everything this stuff can be replaced material. things can be replaced, but to lose a loved one. it was just hear

fema says more than 2,000 homes in rolling fork, mississippi, were either damaged or destroyed by the storm. yesterday president biden approved a disaster declaration authorizing federal funding for some of the state's hardest hit counties. the secretary of homeland security and fema officials toured the damage in rolling fork yesterday with the state's governor. >> the president has directed us to be here to assist the people of mississippi. >> reporter: volunteers offering food, water, and supplies are also on the ground. >> i knew that there was going to be help needed, so i got in and drove here. >> reporter: the white house says more federal aid could be added as damage assessments continue. the preliminary rating of that tornado an ef4. that means the wind gusts were between 166 to 200 miles per hour. >> wow. cristian benevides in mississippi, thank you. >>> philadelphia officials say that the city's drinking water is safe for now after a chemical spill in the delaware river. thousands of gallons of latex solution leaked into the river from a chemical plant in neighboring bucks

mile and a half long this town of rolling forks is in shambles.will need to be completely rebuilt. over 2,000 people live here. 24 people have lost their life in the state of mississippi one dead in alabama. federal, state and local on the ground yesterday. talked to governor tate reeves listen to what he said about this situation. >> the resources of the people here in rolling forks and throughout mississippi need help is on the way. makes me damn proud to be a mississippian. mississippians have done what mississippians do. in times of tragedy. in times of crisis, they stand up and they show up. >> you know, is he right. there are many ngos and local organizations on the ground picking up the pieces of people's lively hoods and homes. chairs belongings, purses, people's identification indeed when the life does come up here today a fleur of activity cleaning up. president biden and the federal government has given funds to help the clean up process. issue on the ground this week, over 48 hours since this tornado came in friday night is the short-t

sophie long, bbc news, rolling fork, mississippi.oined now byjarrett brown — he's a volunteer on the ground with the ngo team rubicon in rolling fork. thanks very much forjoining us. we were seeing in that piece, and we can see behind you, just how appalling the devastation is. tell us what you're doing and what people need. , , ., ~ i. ., need. yes, first, thank you for havin: need. yes, first, thank you for having us _ need. yes, first, thank you for having us on — need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the _ need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the show- need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the show to - need. yes, first, thank you for having us on the show to tell. need. yes, first, thank you for i having us on the show to tell our story and what's going on here on the ground. as you can see, standing behind me used to be at home. the neighbourhood i'm standing in was completely levelled. there's not much left from the path of the tornado out here. complete devastation throughout the entire town, about three

will: the small town of rolling fork was hit first just before 9 p.m. the tornado flattening homes, toppling power lines and downing trees. pete: first responders activel searching for survivors, starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage. let's go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: hey, guys, we've been trying to get our reporter out there, but the cell tower in rolling fork is gone, so they can't get any cell service. sunrise time there, local time, 7:01, so exactly right now. we'll start to get some of these images in daylight. this tornado happening in the dark can last night, we've not had any daytime, so search and rescue efforts will continue. this is that storm right now, a weakening storming which is good news. today the severe weather threat key minishingses -- diminishes quite a bit. the tornado first dropped in rolling fork and then cut right here across rt parts of north-central mississippi. at one point it looks like this tornado was on the ground probably for around almost 100 miles. this, obviousl

and the most powerful part of the tornado came through rolling fork. stayed here. and they had the effect was so devastating unless you physically saw it. it's hard to believe. 13 lives lost. i met a number of the families. earlier today, jill and i, my wife and i 300 homes and businesses are nothing more than piles of twisted materials. next up with personal items and mattered so much. teddy bears family albums. closed dishes. basic of life. all gone. people still going through the rubble, see if they can find that. picture of grandma. or that wedding ring that was on the bureau. or that special memento that means so meant so much to them. they get lost, too. some of this dysfunction. and destruction that you're seeing here. it's going to take years to recover and rebuild. but we're starting now. when i spoke to the governor he said. what he needed most was a federal disaster declaration. so that the earliest hours of sunday morning i signed that expedited major disaster declaration, which gave you more access to more federal resources. with that declaration, prov

i mean, it's just the town was leveled of rolling fork. silver city, mississippi, which is about 30 minutes outside of rolling forward, it's leveled as well. um and we've been in both of those with dog teams and our supply trucks where we're setting up, basically bringing in all the essentials that we're being told they need everything from baby food, diapers. um anything we can get our hands on cases of water. toiletries is the biggest thing people they don't have anything to go shower with or anything. so we're doing that. we're also looking in the setting up some shower stations just outside of rolling fork and outside of silver city. but as far as search and rescue efforts are going, it's more of a search and recovery. at this point. we are facing the threat of super weather coming into the area again today later in yeah. so we're just we're hit orderly morning to beat that stuff coming in. well, i'm sure that people are incredibly grateful for the work that you and your volunteers are doing. how many teams are people do you have there

as the massive ef four tornado headed towards his rolling fork apartment. antoine jones, a local police officer, to cover with his girlfriend and their bathroom tub to have lived from over us. and the storm actually placed us down with a bell two. it was originally i mean, you have to think that this is maybe the end for you. you're up in the air. you're floating around. yes, sir. we thought we would that would be going to die. i was going to die. miraculously both survived with just a few scratches. then jones, who was born and raised in rolling fork, put on his uniform and went to work. once i realized that i was okay it was trying to get into that first respond to move blocks away. we meet amanda kelly and her boyfriend, scotty in february. she says she was diagnosed with spinal cerebellum ataxia. a parkinson's like condition that affects her ability to walk and talk. and now this was not first. god. god i wouldn't be here. there is no doubt. because i wouldn't have been able to get from my room to hallway by myself. and i wouldn't have been able to hold

rolling fork. the vice mayor was doing great work, relying everything that's been going on in our community. you can tell it's going to take a long time to recover from all this. nick. thanks so much. bill parker has meteorologists in chief for the national weather service, and jackson. mississippi joins me now by phone bill. i understand you've been out in the field participating in a damage survey. what did you find? well, we were enrolling for pretty much all day today. um a lot of damage. um, as you just heard catastrophic damage across that area in that little town called rolling for, um, we believe that we have a pretty solid e s four. enrolling for um, there are other damage survey teams in other parts of mississippi, and so, um, i don't know what they've found yet. um i'm headed back to my office and we'll meet up and connected dots and see what we have right now. i know it. rolling fork. um e f four estimated win streets, right, well, maximum estimated wind speeds 170 mph before and that i

i also spoke to the mayor of rolling fork here. his name is eldridge walker, who was trapped in his home with his wife last night when that tornado came in, take a listen to how he described it. it sounded like afraid train. driving over my home. and it happened so quickly. by the time we responded to the alert i got my wife we got in the tub covered our heads. by the time we did that the storm was coming over and all we could hear was the house. breaking apart. and it's also important to mention that mississippi emergency management is saying despite what you're seeing and your desire to come here and help they're asking people to please not self deployed in volunteer that way that might slow down the process. instead consider donating resources water to the rolling fork civic center, fred all right, isabel rose ellis. thank you so much. let's go now to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar in the weather center to see what else might be ahead. alright because this was a lot you have to understand there was a significant amount of to

i have an office in rolling fork. um we had it was about a it was a couple of 100 yards from where the line was, uh, it was complete devastation and then i'll just on the other side was you know we were we weren't untouched, but we didn't sustained much damage. um you know, which has been a blessing. john deere is dealership. john deere dealership is right next to my office, and that dealership has been used as a headquarters for all of the emergency agencies for sheriff's offices and everyone that is involved in involved in the search and rescue. that's their hq. homeland security is using our offices, their hq. uh to just get some rest. they've got teams working through the day. um and so for them to be able to get some rest. they're going in and using our office, so it's it really is. it's awesome to see the outpouring of love and support that we've seen from everyone and everyone coming together. um, it's awesome. yeah i mean having to use whatever is left as these headquarters and for places to get people to get

sophie long, bbc news rolling fork, mississippi.uards in tunisia say 29 people are now known to have drowned when two boats carrying migrants sank within hours of each other. the vessels were heading to italy as part of an increase in crossings that has seen several other boats sink and dozens more reach the italian island of lampedusa. four other boats have gone down in the region in the last three days amid an unprecedented series of departures from north africa. giorgia linardi is a spokeswoman for sea watch, one of the charities that runs rescue vessels in the sea between italy and north africa. so it is true that we are seeing an increase of departures. above 20,000 people have reached the italian shores in 2023. that's more than three times compared to the same period of time in the past two years. it's also true that we are looking at a shift in the central mediterranean route. most of the departures are right now from tunisia rather than libya. however, most of the people on those boats are sub—saharan african citizens. most

there were cnn's isabella isabelle rose salas is live in rolling fork. mississippi look, we spoke with the mayor a couple of hours ago, and he told us that his town is basically gone. is that what you're saying? that is certainly an accurate assessment of what we saw in rolling fork and guys if i can first tell you that i'm actually a little bit beyond the city limits three miles away. i want to show something to you right over here. this car. we're told by family members that they were driving last night as the tornado. hit and the strong winds from the tornado. did all of this damage and force this car off of the road. now you guys were mentioning eldridge walker, the mayor of rolling fork, he said to us, the city is gone. not only that, but public buildings, including the police department, city hall, heavily damage and the mayor himself had a close call. he told me that he was trapped inside of the home with his wife as he started to hear the roar of that tornado to the point where they had to duck and hide inside of their bathtub and were then trapp

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