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House that was next to it. nothing here but the brick foundation around it. every single bit of plumbing, wood, metal, furniture, everything that was in this house, now completely gone, splintered and torn apart and blown all the way back over here to the tree line where most of it had stopped. we talked to county officials, we were asking why there were so many fatalities in this county. it's such a rural place. but they're saying that because they're so close to sea level, so few people here have any storm cellars or basements that when the storm came bearing down on them, they really had no...

That 11 people lose their lives in these storms. the fact is, when these storms started hitting the ground and moving across the countryside here, a lot of people just didn't have anywhere to go. and this house, or what's left of it here, really tells the story. all that is left is the front porch. you look past here, to where this house used to be standing, there are no walls, there are no -- there's no ceilings, no plumbing, there's no furniture left. everything that made this house a home has been completely destroyed, blown off into the woods back in the back. everything shredded. looking ...

Don't have basements, storm cellars or a significant shelter to hide from the winds. if you were in a strong building, you can see the result. they fall apart. strong, big vehicles like these over here at this armory, at the old armory, you can see right here, there is a truck, hard to believe a five-time truck that has been pushed over on its side and a testament to how strong the winds have been. what's more, if you look at the fence line, the fence is virtually gone. the posts are there. they have been bit as the debris came across the roadway and pushed everything aside. you will notice th...

>> absolutely. people in mississippi and areas around want to hear you say this is over. >> well, it is going to be over today. >> the frontal boun doer that we saw a lot of these storms gone, has pushed much farther from the east. a much better weather day today. yesterday, it was a horrible situation. one thing, brook, we like to tell our viewers is that one of the issues you have in a place like yazoo city, the water table tends to be very high. you don't have to dig down deep to run into very moist earth. the safest place to be during times of a strong tornado is underground. many people i...