Spin Off Tornadoes News Today

me. im fredricka whitfield. the deadly storm system that shredded northern tennessee is bearing down on millions of americans on the east coast. it spawned a tornado saturday afternoon that killed six people including three in the clarksville area. one of them a child. witnesses appear to be just yards away when they recorded the monster twister crossing a street. >> oh, my god. >> how did they remain so calm? nearly 50 miles away, emergency officials say a suspected tornado killed ano...

What were really concerned with is out of the federal system, so some of the local levees, some of those could over-top. its a test of the system. once you get the storm surge in and out, its still the rainfall that occurs. so just because you start reducing the surge over the next few hours, im still so concerned about the amount of rain that could fall over the next 24, 36 hours. were going to have to watch that as well as some of the water gets inside the levee systems. >> aside from the stor...

Martin salve yvidge is there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, chris, of course the storm is a mere shadow of what it was when it went through the bahamas. its a testament to the power of the storm that it is still able to continue to pummel even five, six days after that. the winds are down significantly from what we were earlier in the week. but theyre still delivering a punching blow to the carolinas. you saw what it did to the earlier part of south carolina, myrtle beach, now closer ...

Patti ann: another blow in what has proved to be a destructive hurricane season. im patti ann browne. kelly: im kelly wright. the storm touching down near the mouth of the mississippi river near east plaquemines parish. the storm bringing intense winds. heavy rain and serious storm surges. states of emergency have been declared in alabama, mississippi and 30 counties throughout florida and the gulf coast. 11 feet of surge is significant. 80-plus-mile-an-hour winds are significant. spin-off torna...

Gathering strength at this hour as the eye storms toward the mouth of the mississippi river. officials tonight are taking no chances. evacuations have been ordered, a curfew in new orleans starts in 2 hours from now and they say nate could be a category 2 hurricane when it strikes later tonight. hello, everyone, and welcome im eric sean. jillian: im gillian turner in for are a tell neville. prepare for 80 mile-per-hour winds and possible tornadoes. >> this is a very, very dangerous category 2 hu...

Destroyed in the keys. when do you think, commissioner, that youll have a clear sense of the damage throughout the county? >> well, we have staff thats starting right now going -- theyre going to be going door-to-door and investigating the structural integritity of all the homes that were impacted. you know, most of the city of key west, where, you know, we have the greatest concentration of population, most of the city of key west is structurally in tact. so we know as a percentage of the keys,...