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chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: good morning, the town of rolling fork has about 1,750 people so imagine a small town like that everybody knows everybody, and now you're going to have everybody who knows somebody if you weren't yourself impacted by the storm. it's going to be a really rough day for people as the sun comes up just exactly one hour from now. this year has been a really active tornado season. we've had 282 tornadoes. typically so far in the season we would have 174 tornadoes, and you get a look at that. this is just your statistical averages. march right there...

searching for survivors, starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage. let's go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: hey, guys, we've been trying to get our reporter out there, but the cell tower in rolling fork is gone, so they can't get any cell service. sunrise time there, local time, 7:01, so exactly right now. we'll start to get some of these images in daylight. this tornado happening in the dark can last night, we've not had any daytime, so search and rescue efforts will continue. this is that storm right now, a weakening storming which is g...

downing trees. pete: first responders are actively searching for survivors, and they're just getting started. they're starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage now that the sun is up. rick reichmuth is tracking the storm. rick: hey, we have a new tornado warning that is in effect here just to the southwest of -- alabama. right there. radar-indicated tornado. today i don't think we're going to be talking about as big of tornadoes, as big and destructive tornadoes as yesterday, but some openeds across parts of the southeast concern tornadoes across parts of the s...

ripped across more than 100-mile path. that is in just one state. one resident in roland park mississippi said the town is gone. welcome everybody. it's good to be with you on this tragic day after a storm, a series of storms that hit much of the southeast. we'll be focusing on mississippi in just a second work most of this wrath played out. right now i want to go to well who is in texas who got this nasty weather so the states try to dig out as well. what is it look like there? >> our damage here does not compare it's not in the league where neighbors are seeing. for the navels and ...

warnings that could persist right through the weekend, severe storm, even tornado type the possibilities. rick reichmuth following all of that. are rick, what are we looking at? rick: rolling fork is really the first town to get hit by this. they don't have any cell service. a lot of the cell towers have been taken offline, so it's the hard to get any communication in and out, we're having a hard time getting reporters to be able to talk to us about exactly what they're seeing. this is a look at the storms. this one right here, that's the path of what was likely the strongest of the ...