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As meteorologist Matt Laubhan realizes the tornado will directly hit the town of Amory, he just bends down on his system and prayed for the residents of the town
tornado outbreaks, fast—moving tornadoes. they continue through the night and there's a lot of mobile homes as well out here in the midsouth and so, it's just the worst—case scenario. and yesterday, there were people in their vehicles in town. there were no tornado sirens that that were going off. and you actually even saw vehicles that were going airborne, orbiting around the tornado. and just the worst, most devastating tornado that happened last night. and it continued and impacted other communities like silver city and amory, areas that were similarly impacted during the super outbreak of 2011. the grammy nominated composer nick lloyd webber, the son of andrew lloyd webber, has died at the age of 43. in a statement on twitter, his father said, "i am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son nick died a few hours ago in basingstoke hospital. his whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft. " he had previously said nick had been hospitalised after living with gastric cancer for 18 months. from the suburbs of paris,
residents of mississippi clean up the debris left by powerful storms that swept through the region, killing at least 26 people and injuring dozens more. president biden has approved a major disaster declaration to make federal funds available quickly for the region and as one of those tornadoes swept through friday night, local meteorologists had this reaction to what he was seeing on radar. watch this we got a new skin coming in here as we speak. oh man like north side of amory, this is coming in. hello, man. dear jesus, please help them. amen. the vice mayor of rolling fork, mississippi, tells cnn her house was completely demolished. have a look. and when you walk outside of the closet to see your whole structured homes totally destroyed. um and actually, you could hear people screaming. you know, from the
federal funds available quickly and as one of those tornadoes swept through friday night, local meteorologist had this reaction to what he was seeing on the radar of look. we got a new skin coming in here as we speak. oh, man like north side of amory, this is coming in. hello, man. dear jesus, please help them. amen the tornadoes have affected so many people and their stories of loss or just heartbreaking. earlier i spoke with the divisional commander of the salvation army in mississippi, and i asked him what people in the devastated area need most serious. we've stood up an incident command team, uh, to help us serve. there are four specific areas that we're targeting. right now . this initial phase of our response is mass feeding. it's
destroying everything in its path buildings and homes gone. the cleanup process is underway and it is going to take some time for charles watson is live in amory, mississippi with the very latest, hi charles. >> hi alicia. there is anything i have learned in the two days being here in amory the folks in this community are about business for you walk around, you drive around and all you hear are chainsaws and hammering from people who are working together as a community and trying to get this place back together. they certainly have a lot of work ahead of them. this site right here is a prime example of it. this used to beat medical supply company and it was hit by this tornado. into the walls have been shredded. you can see right inside of this place is sort of like a twisted metal and concrete sandwich. with peoples personal files files, medical equipment and furniture sandwiched in between.
aftermath and the clean up the starting today, hi charles. hey good afternoon eric and alicia. my crew and i are making their way through amory. they're making good progress in terms of cleanup. subsequent to take some time to get back to normal but certainly for the schools this is amory high school. we are told the roof to this school took on quite a bit of damage when the tornado swept through here for pan over here you can actually see a lot of the metal capping and a lot of it would expose what was on that roof, a lot of it is back here on the ground where we are standing, just thrown all over the place in the front lawn. we spoke to a couple appearance this morning, told us are told by the first one will be closed right niece a week because of all the damage. her and power all things are
they go to the backdoor inroads on the docks is left out. bring your ns i'm bringing her and my husband is like get in the tub, get in the tub. so he gets me in that tub and is on top of me. it was so dark and so loud. i was scared. i was scared for my life. >> and bill what's really amazing we just spoke to the official doubt in this area. she tells this amory did not see any deaths from the powerful to know that slip through here. the county did see two deaths. but the city of amory or deaths at all. we are also told they have already begun to receive federal funding. so they are getting the help at least for now that they need to get the sound back together, bill. we night that's amazing of death in amory without what you have shown us. thank you for the lab report. nation homeland security
others are totally untouched. then as you reach the town, total devastation. and this is the moment it struck a school nearly four hours drive away in amory, indicating just how far it travelled without losing strength. salvage what i can. in rolling fork, survivors sift through what remains of their flattened homes. trying to make sure i get all their shoes. stifling tears as they think of loved ones who didn't survive the storm. darrell lost his uncle. tony left the trailer, told me he tried to flatten down flat and it blew up. his roommate was in the truck. he tried to get back to the house, but he couldn't get in the house. so he dived in the truck. he told me seeing the trailer go up in the air, flattened down like a pancake and just explode. president biden has promised federal funds and the support they need to rebuild their community. i want to personally thank
federal, state and local officials. this is cleanup efforts are now underway all throughout the state. we have got fox news team coverage for you tonight fox was a journalist and 14 at live in roadwork, mississippi. meteorologist adam klotz's life and the weather center first will set up the charge of john watson of the alabama border, charles was lace up there tonight. i take it evening, bill. we've been out here all day long i've got to tell you people here in amory are working on the clock to get this small town back together pre-see a lot of debris that were in the roadways yesterday has been cleared out of the way. that has made the jobs for the utility crews are over mississippi and from other states, their jobs a lot easier. you can see these guys story this a power line. this utility pole and the power lines as we speak. that is really the process here in the city today, working
0ur north america correspondent, sophie long, reports from one town that's been virtually destroyed. as you drive into rolling fork, you can see the extent of the destruction. the tornado has completely obliterated this community. from the air, you can see the direct path it took. some trees have been stripped of their branches and uprooted. others are totally untouched. then as you reach the town, total devastation. and this is the moment it struck a school nearly four hours drive away in amory, indicating just how far it travelled without losing strength. salvage what i can. in rolling fork, survivors sift through what remains of their flattened homes. trying to make sure i get all their shoes. stifling tears as they think of loved ones who didn't survive the storm. darrell lost his uncle.