I know in the last few hours we ve been hearing from ukrainian officials who have acknowledged the loss of several communities. what does that tell you now that you ve been here several weeks about the wider battle here donbas? reporter: absolutely, ukrainian officials are saying that ukrainian defenders are becoming to succumb to the shear power of russia. air defense is being used trying to force back on the ukrainian positions. ukrainians are outgunned and outmanned, 100 to 200 people are dying on the front lines every single day according to ukrainian officials. that city looks very close to falling. there are residents of course still trapped inside. and then in severdonetsk the all-important city the one that has been used almost as a regional capital in recent years by ukrainians there, the three bridges that connect that city to the city that is being
The directions that would be taken by permanent directors, permanent administrators. but with regard to the storm itself, i think that the agency pretty much knows exactly what to do and all the different levels particularly toward the people that really are on the ground, they know exactly what to do. and all morning long we ve been seeing these devastating images. right now we re seeing pictures from the bahamas. the shear power of the storm is stunning think abo stunning. do you think residents who have rode out systems in the past, are they heeding the advice to take cover and evacuate? i believe that most are. i believe that there are probably a few that think, we go, i ve been through this before, it hasn t been that bad, i can just ride this one out. and those are the ones that we worry most about because when
Exactly right now. some wild new video capturing the shear power of a deadly typhoon in japan. keep an eye on the white car in the middle right here. that happened at u.s. marine base in okinawa. winds around 80 miles per hour blew that car right across the parking lot aided i m sure by the side of that building. the wind and rain went on to cause huge problems in the tokyo area. officials say the storms swept away one fisherman killing him. left tens of thousands of homes with no power and sparked evacuation warnings for some 50,000 people. there was an extreme weather alert here at home. tornado watches now in effect across three states. a severe storm sweeps through the south. let s get right to meteorologist janice deem with the extreme weather center. tornado watches mean that conditions are favorable for tornadoes. we have had several tornado warnings within the last couple of hours, shepard. the latest for parts of
Are breathtaking. the shear power of the tornadoes hemselves hard really really to comprehend. [shouting] shepard: philadelphia, mississippi, the state s emergency management agency reports damage in 50 of the 82 counties in the magnolia state. farther south in collins, look at that roof. a security camera capturing the ripping off of a roof at a scrap metal store. and in the hardest hit town of smithville, emergency crews say almost every single building along a one mile stretch is either damaged or destroyed. team fox coverage continues now. maria molina our meteorologist with where the storm is headed now. digs fox 5 for atlanta in that area. for more on the aftermath in