National Guard continues support in areas affected by Tuesday tornadoes
The Louisiana National Guard deployed forces following the severe weather event in the state which spawned several tornadoes causing damage in the New Orleans area.
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The Louisiana National Guard deployed forces following the severe weather event in the state which spawned several tornadoes causing damage in the New Orleans area.
Surveys to get a better understanding of where we can put these unmet needs. and in the meantime, we've got route clearance teams who are clearing roads to help first responders to get to areas that need the help the most. >> for people who are watching right now that want to help, what can they do? >> yeah, please visit teamrubiconusa.org. find out how you can get involved. become a member of our team. we're known as gray shirts, and we would love to get more support on the ground to help these communities kind of get normalcy after these horrific tornadoes. you can also donate to team rubico...
Cnn's brian todd is joining us from mayfield, kentucky, one of several totally devastated towns in the state. brian, what are you seeing? >> reporter: wolf, just a slort time ago, one of the leaders of the excavation team told us it's going to take likely one to two months to clear all of this rubble from the streets of downtown mayfield. that's even before any rebuilding can begin. meanwhile tonight, there is still an ongoing urgent search looking for the missing. as the tornado cleanup gears up, clearing roads and moving debris in kentucky and neighboring states, still talk of finding surviv...
Have a final count on the number of lost lives. currently we believe there are at least 105 people in kentucky unaccounted for that we are still working to find. currently we have 300 national guard assisting rescue and recovery efforts. a few more than that. hundreds of state employees from transportation cabinet, division of forestry are clearing roads. we saw a light of hope yesterday and we were able in mayfield to get from just clearing roads to starting to haul debris away. i believe that's the same in mueller berg county. work directly with groups to get cell service back in hopkins, ma...
That we are still working to find. currently, we have 300 national guard assisting rescue and recovery efforts. a few more than that. hundreds of state employees from transportation cabinet, the division of forestry, are clearing roads. and we saw a little light of hope yesterday in we were actually able in mayfield to get from just clearing roads to starting to haul debris away. i believe that's the same in muilenburg county, from my conversation with the judge this morning. work directly with groups to get cell service back in hopkins, marshall, and i think it's up and going in fulton county...