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hello and welcome to bbc news. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where entire neighborhoods were flattened to rubble. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and ...

a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi, which is located here, in the south of the country. the authorities said the twister left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where trees and power lines have been torn down. at one point, debris was being pulled more than 6000 metres into the sky. you can see here the latest pictures of the destruction in rolling fork. debris everywhere, cars on top of what used to be buildings. complete and utter devastation. lots and lots of torn down buildings. as t...

I think the mayfield city -- city of mayfield has been on top of it. they got -- the personnel, they got the search and rescue teams out. they got dogs out now. we've seen a lot more rescue efforts. but the damage is pretty much undescribable. >> and to put that in context, i mean, you chase storms, is this kind of what you do. how does this compare? >> this is probably one of the worst storms that i have seen. the closest i've ever been to such a large tornado in my life, and it's -- like i said, it's really undescribable. there's so much -- >> what does it look like? what does it feel like? ...

Homes, trying to help out as much as i could. i think the mayfield -- city of mayfield being on top of it, they got the personnel. they got the search and rescue teams out. they got dogs out now. i'm seeing a lot more rescue efforts. but the damage is pretty much undescribable. >> to put that in context, i mean you chase storms. this is kind of what you do. how does this compare? >> this is probably one of the worst storms that i have seen. the closest i've ever been to such a large tornado in my life, and it's -- like i said, it's really undescribable. there's so much -- >> what did it look l...

>> how high are you guessing? >> reporter: maybe i 6 to 7 feet here in biloxi area, maybe a little bit lower. >> let me ask you -- >> reporter: it's hard to say. >> no, it's hard to say for sure that's what we were looking at some of the models earlier they were saying if not a little bit higher. this your job, right, you chase storms. i was talking to our meteorologist tom sator about what happened this year between harvey and irma, maria, now nate to a lesser extent. what's going on? >> reporter: that's the same question i have. this has been a crazy year, it kind of reminds me of 2004 and 2...