ringgold, roads into this city, they have to be closed. you can see why. raphael row mow is in ringgold. raphael, even talking to people who have made it through the storm, unbelievable. >> reporter: when we got here this morning, it was incredible the amount of damage. the people this morning coming together this community, trying to start the cleaning up process, removing the debris. you can see, for example, i'm standing in the parking lot of a church, welcome hill baptist church. and this area where i'm standing, this place where i'm standing was the -- right the middle of the path of one of the tornados hit this place. right next to me, right behind me, this used to be the assembly hall. it was partially destroyed, as you can see, crews have already come in and they started fixing