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You've got the recreational beaches along the mississippi, alabama, and florida panhandle. >> we'll keep an eye on this with you, ed. thanks so much for joining us and giving this information to us so clearly. ed overton joining us from baton rouge. take a look at this tornado. look at that. this is incredible. all last week we were looking at incredible tornado pictures. i didn't think they would get bigger than they were. this thing traveled 150 miles across mississippi on saturday night. residents now are trying to pick up the pieces. reynolds wolf is in yazoo city, that's the hardest hit...

Saxon. they were driving on a road right by here. their family owns this restaurant. there's a restaurant you see here behind me. they were trying to race to get to this restaurant because their family had taken cover in the freezer in this restaurant. but as you'll hear right now, they didn't make it on time. >> i get the sense from what you guys were describing to me you that were right in the middle, it was right on top of you lirlly. >> it was. it was glass, debris flying. when i got out of the car, thinking she was going to get out behind me, i looked back and she didn't even get out of t...

I said, debris could kill me. i dove back in the car and told her, come on, we got to go, we got to go. >> reporter: ashley, what was it like for you? >> it was terrifying, scared me to death. i have never been in anything like this before in my life. >> reporter: the road that brings you in the hardest hit part of yazoo city, old highway 16, mostly impassable. in the last few hours, they have been able to clear the roadway to a pretty decent extent. we had to find a couple of guys kind enough to bring us in on four-wheelers to navigate most of this area and see the extent of the damage and ta...

>> i have a feeling you were right in the middle. >> it was glass, debris flying. when i got out of the car thinking she was going to get out behind me, i looked back. she wouldn't get out of the car she was so scared. i was standing against the building. debris was flying by me. it was hitting my legs. glass was flying. i said, debris could kill me. >> what was it like for you? >> it was terrifying. it scared me to death. i've never been through anything like this before in my life. >> reporter: the road in the hardest hit part of yazoo city, old highway 16, is mostly impassable. hundreds of ...

People have been stunned by what has transpired here today as we pulled into yazoo city a few hours ago. some of the people we met were rob and ashley saxton. they were trying to race into this restaurant. their family owns it. they wanted to hide in the freezer here. but they didn't make it in time. i get the sense from what you were describing to me you were right in the middle of it. it was on top of you? >> it was. glass, debris flying. when i got out of the car thinking she was going to get out behind me she wouldn't get out of the car she was so scared. i was standing up against the buil...