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Baby. this tornado that hit mississippi traveled some 150 miles and was reportedly about a mile wide. rob marciano has been keeping an eye on things. where is that weather? its out of that area in particular, but other people might be under threat from the same system. >> the energy moved off to the east and that storm cell that produced the tornado is certainly incredible and the width of the path and the length of the path just amazing stuff. 97 miles long. maybe longer than that once they g...

On the gulf coast. >> reporter: well, it is because it was such a large tornado. youre talking about something two miles wide. its damage like this to a house, cowerports gone, once that goes, youre pretty much at the mercy of whatever the wind throws in there. this is just one home. if you look across this little lake, you can get an idea of which way the wind was blowing, coming from this direction and kind of blowing trees over just like they were bowling pins. you can go just as far as you c...

But back in the 1850s and 1870s a yellow fever epidemic almost wiped out the population. today, they will be recovering, rebuilding. they will get help. 80 members of the mississippi national guard will be here. later today, the governor is expected to ask for federal assistance. they are going to try to get the help they can get. back to you. >> all right. well check in throughout the day on cnn. thank you very much. i want to turn it over to rob marciano in the weather center. it was interesti...

This is probably going to have about 180 to 200 mile path, second all time. two more fatalities from this outbreak in al bhax. total up to 12. this can all be replaced, the loss of life obviously cannot. >> no, it cannot. jim cantore of the weather channel. a tornado that almost was a hurricane-like destruction. moving on, this afternoon the senate is going to hold a procedural vote to begin debate on financial regulatory reform. senator shelby said a deal between both parties was unlikely today...

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Leaving people without power and causing flash floods and leaving quite a bit of damage and north carolina, that state is feeling temperatures, 25 degrees cooler than yesterday and with that quick shift, came a very violent storm, people reported seeing quarter-sized hail as well as heavy rainfall, lots of falling trees, and, downed power lines, leaving thousands without power. also, in south carolina, folks there were also left in the dark, forecasters confirmed two tornadoes touched down there...