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hello and welcome to bbc news. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say 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. ...

a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, which is located here, in the south of the country. the authorities said the twister left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where trees and power lines have been torn down. at one point, debris was being pulled more than 6000 metres into the sky. you can see here the latest pictures of the destruction in rolling fork. debris everywhere, cars on top of w...

I think the mayfield city -- city of mayfield has been on top of it. they got -- the personnel, they got the search and rescue teams out. they got dogs out now. weve seen a lot more rescue efforts. but the damage is pretty much undescribable. >> and to put that in context, i mean, you chase storms, is this kind of what you do. how does this compare? >> this is probably one of the worst storms that i have seen. the closest ive ever been to such a large tornado in my life, and its -- like i said, ...

Homes, trying to help out as much as i could. i think the mayfield -- city of mayfield being on top of it, they got the personnel. they got the search and rescue teams out. they got dogs out now. im seeing a lot more rescue efforts. but the damage is pretty much undescribable. >> to put that in context, i mean you chase storms. this is kind of what you do. how does this compare? >> this is probably one of the worst storms that i have seen. the closest ive ever been to such a large tornado in my ...

>> how high are you guessing? >> reporter: maybe i 6 to 7 feet here in biloxi area, maybe a little bit lower. >> let me ask you -- >> reporter: its hard to say. >> no, its hard to say for sure thats what we were looking at some of the models earlier they were saying if not a little bit higher. this your job, right, you chase storms. i was talking to our meteorologist tom sator about what happened this year between harvey and irma, maria, now nate to a lesser extent. whats going on? >> reporter: ...

Marathon, thats when had you that really strong direct on-shore flowen an thats where they got the monstrous storm surge. >> this is what you do, chase storms. two weeks ago, you were chasing harvey. you are covering irma now. jose is on the horizon in the caribbean. what is happening? >> whats happening with the atmosphere or whats happening with us? >> with the atmosphere. >> we dont want you guys making plans for the outer banks or anywhere on the east coast. >> well, the atmosphere of this i...

>> impressive. were you able, stas to survey the damage this tornado did because i know this tornado crossed a pretty large swath of land. >> yes, sir, i actually tried to keep up with the tornado. but the storm motion was 50 to 60 miles an hour. and trees many mississippi made it impossible. i i actually ran into a tree down the road. that ended my storm chasing today. >> how long have you been a %-p? a year. i moved to oklahoma from florida after i got a job in meteorologist and i want to cont...

Indra likes to chase storms. she said this is just stupid. >> her words. >> her words, exactly. lets take a look what is coming up on new day. chris cuomo and kate bolduan join us. >> happy tuesday, you two, even though its not happy for many americans. >> true, true. obviously, we are all about the shutdown this morning and we will try to be pushing on the powers to see what it will take to get a deal here. we will have several members of congress will be on the show. we also are going to hav...

>> thats how it used to be. this, of course, tragically, it ended this weekend for several of these people. >> three scientists. three storm chasers. tim and his son samara and one of their colleagues. >> these are people who know what they are looking at and they know the changing directions of these storms. i guess the fluidness, what it means to be a storm chaser. my experience was limited just because i was a reporter. i didnt want to chase storms. i had to. it was my assignment. but, no, i ...

Hit by the storms. emergency officials say more than 190,000 people are without power right now. we have been getting some amazing footage as you can see there on your screen from these storms that broke out today. dave holder chases storms for a live. he is in ardmore, oklahoma, and joins us on the line. dave, we have been hearing from so many people like you that this was quite a challenging evening, even for people like you that chase storms. what can you tell us? >> yeah, it was very difficu...