WATCH: Weatherman prays live on TV as tornado hit his Mississippi town

A Mississippi meteorologist grew to become overwhelmed and paused his reporting of the trajectory of a twister to hope reside on air for the folks in his small city of Amory.

As WTVA‘s Matt Laubhan watched and shared updates on his radar display of the disastrous twister coming towards his space, he obtained an replace that it was headed straight for his small Mississippi city on Friday night time.

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“Right here’s the factor about this, y’all belief me an excessive amount of,” he mentioned. “I let you know the place it’s going to go, and a few of you guys are like, ‘That’s the place it’s gonna go.’ The truth of this, this might be altering path. So, Amory, we have to be in our secure place.”

“We acquired a brand new scan coming in right here as we converse,” he paused to have a look at the brand new radar scan and gasped.

“Oh man, North aspect of Amory, that is coming in,” he mentioned as he leaned down on his desk to hope. “Oh, man. Expensive Jesus, please assist them. Amen.”

The lethal twister swept throughout Mississippi and Alabama late Friday night time and left a path of destruction for greater than 100 miles. Officers are reporting that no less than 23 folks have died in Mississippi.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves known as on folks to hitch him in prayer for the residents of Mississippi affected by the twister.

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“The state of Mississippi will proceed doing all the things we are able to to marshal each useful resource out there to help our fellow Mississippians who’re in want. The state will probably be there to assist them rebuild. We’re not going wherever, and we’re in it for the lengthy haul,” he mentioned in an announcement.

“Please be part of me in praying for the household and associates of those that misplaced family members on this attempting time.”