destroyed the records for tornadoes in the month of april. and, the average is 168, for the entire month and we re more than 600, in 2011. and, now, edging towards the total number of twisters, for all of last year, combined. and, the people who are living through this, have a story to tell. you can t imagine it. the building all the way over there, all the windows are out and the furniture is cut up and, it is all cut up and, it is more of a loss than i can even comprehend right now. we were standing and i looked up and saw the debris in the air and told my wife we have to get inside and moments later it was over. bill: those people you see they re lucky ones, team fox coverage across alabama, jonathan serrie is in birmingham and chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in tuscaloosa,
are breathtaking. the shear power of the tornadoes hemselves hard really really to comprehend. [shouting] shepard: philadelphia, mississippi, the state s emergency management agency reports damage in 50 of the 82 counties in the magnolia state. farther south in collins, look at that roof. a security camera capturing the ripping off of a roof at a scrap metal store. and in the hardest hit town of smithville, emergency crews say almost every single building along a one mile stretch is either damaged or destroyed. team fox coverage continues now. maria molina our meteorologist with where the storm is headed now. digs fox 5 for atlanta in that area. for more on the aftermath in
moving northeast so we have team fox coverage. and now on the ground in georgia. we will talk with the mayor of birmingham but first rick is in the home of the crimson tide, an absolute disaster in tuscaloosa. we heard about this last night when i was in new york city and it looked like it would be horrible and the pictures in london, unbelievable. it is hard to imagine. we saw the tornado and you knew something bad would happen. and, now, today hard to get your mind around it but you mentioned the national guard on the way. a block and a half from here is a national guard facility with trucks and it is demolished. so it is difficult for them to provide assistance. you saw the tornado. now you see these images.
somehow water has not gotten inside this home. if you look right down the street water has gotten into many other homes. shepard: tonight, there are reports all over the place in arkansas, a flash flood and possible tornadoes. a storm spawning a deadly tornado about 25 miles north of little rock where emergency crews say a twister leveled an entire town. you can see from these images just how powerful these storms have become. team fox coverage. shay ryan in the weather center. trace gallagher. let s start with the flooding. this is a widespread problem? it is, shep. all the sandbags in the world couldn t hold this water back. you go from illinois and missouri and arkansas. city after city is flooded. this right here is johnson, arkansas, near fayetteville. it was almost katrinaesque. you had first spownders that were going literally home to home, door to door. pulling out children and pets and elderly residents. the rescue effort here lasted for hours. in gail, illinois, the missi
on board with everything senator mccain said today. no doubt about it. they don t seem comfortable with expanding more combat power. senator mccain s idea of recognizing the rebels. so, in other words, the u.s. could send them money. white house spokesman jay carney says he is not comfortable with that the u.s. believes libyan people should decide their leadership not the u.s. government. so, at this point, it sounds like there is still a lot of space between the white house and senator mccain, shep. shepard: mike, thank you. admiral mullen says colonel qaddafi has lost 30% to 40% of his forces. word that libya s army is about to pull out of the city of misurata, the nation s third largest and the only western city that the rebels now control western as in the western part of that nation. team fox coverage continues now david lee miller on the not war streaming live from tripoli. david lee? shepard, in the aftermath of significant advances by the rebels in the city of misurata. l