Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for monday, february 11th, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, a string of tornadoes struck the southeast United States late yesterday and overnight. At least 15 tornadoes were reported in alabama and mississippi. In southern mississippi a large tornado damaged hundreds of homes in the hattiesburg area. The massive storm hit late yesterday afternoon, rumbling through four counties, traveling straight down one of hattiesburg main streets. More than a dozen people were injured. The governor has declared a state of emergency. The tornado damaged at least six buildings on the campus of the university of southern mississippi. I saw it right around as it was crossing interstate 59. It was coming pretty fast. My heart was racing. Ive lived here my whole life and this is surreal. Its really hard to take it in right now. Well, no students were injured. Most were off campus on break. In the northeast today, rain
And in connecticut where the president has issued a state of emergency, the city of camden got 40 inches. Marlie hall reports. Reporter nearly half the roads in camden, connecticut, are still impassable. Thomas rossman is clearing over three feet of snow from around his home. There are a lot of people around here they havent touched yet. They cant get out. Reporter some believe the town should have been more prepared. There is a time that as prepared as you are, Mother Nature deals your card that you cannot manage. Reporter in new britain, dump trucks are clearing snow. Workers have been out since 10 00 this morning and they say they wont be finished until the Early Morning hours. One crew says theyll make about a hundred trips before the job is done. I dump a load probably every five to ten minutes and in between there. Theres quite a bit of snow. Reporter along the massachusetts coast where the snow and storm surges were a lethal combination, residents are returning to check the dama
Failing to secure large dog ROTE Thomas Rossman, Jr., of Lamar Township, was cited for allegedly failing to keep a large dog secured so that it didn t lea
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