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Beginning to wind down. crews are shifting from rescue to recovery. we also have learned that this was an ef-5 tornado. that is one of the most powerful tornadoes ever recorded, packing winds of up to 210 miles per hour. and carved a 17-mile path of destruction throughout this area of oklahoma causing what could be more than 2 billion, with a b, dollars in damage. one of the most heart breaking scenes is this pile of wreckage, want to show you, where the plaza towers elementary school once stood...

Discoveries. >> 24 people lost their lives here in moore, oklahoma, including 9 children. you remember, yesterday the government came out with numbers much higher than that, a little bit of solace. those numbers are not expected to change. part of the story of this epic tornado here. >> search and rescue mission here is now really transitioning into a recovery operation. the national weather service confirming that the tornado that carved up this town was an ef-5, winds topping out at 210 miles ...

Well examine who is it and whos waiting as he gets it. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ >>gretchen: good morning everybody. thanks for sharing your time today. were going to tell you about startling statistics coming out of that tornado in oklahoma. 600 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that leveled hiroshima. the monster storm mother nature whipped up being call an f-5 with wind speeds of 210 miles per hour. this morning new video of panicked and reliefved parents searching for their ...

As they could. if they got scared, they could scream, but sing as loud as they could. >> and safe rooms. how a small, but mighty box saved the lives of so many. good morning to you, and welcome to this special edition of "early start." we have lots of news to tell you about this morning, john. >> and im john berman live from moore, oklahoma. it is wednesday, may 22nd, 5:00 a.m. in the east. and were going to begin here. here in moore, there are so many stories of survival, hope, but also stori...

A maximum path 1.3 miles and moved at 20 miles an hour and slower than the average twister which averages about 30 miles an hour. so that didnt help. but twisters can be almost stationary or race along at about 70 miles an hour. ef-5, 210-mile-an-hour sustained winds and found damage around the elementary school from brookfield elementary and it was either the building, a huge part of the building collapsed or there was some serious stretch of impacts to steel or concrete and how you get ef-5 da...

Examiner last night having placed the number of dead at 51 this morning revised that number to 24 confirmed deaths. a spokesman explaining that some victims were counted twice in the initial chaos. the monster tornado has now officially been deemed to have reached ef-5 status in at least one area according to survey crews which estimated peak winds of 210 miles per hour. its force is estimated to have been 8 to 600 times greater than that of the atomic bomb which exploded in hiroshima. it touche...

Tornados and a chance of a few more during the day today. just to let us know how long and intense it was and what time it took the hit. this was on the ground for about 50 minutes and took about 10 or 15 minutes to move through the greater moore, oklahoma area. its officially an e f5 tornado. these are estimated to be about 210. you can see the destruction done with an e f5 tornado. well constructed houses will be reduced down. from moore, oklahoma, the map that showed the intensity, tornados d...

>> tonight, rescue workers here in moore, oklahoma, continue the work of searching for any signs of life from those who could still be trapped after yesterdays devastating tornado hit this community. we now know the tornado was an ef-5, the strongest type on the scale. winds as high as 210 miles per hour. officials have revised the number of fatal victims of the tornado down to 24 people, including a 3-month-old baby and eight other children, 237 people are listed as injured. here is a look at n...

We have a 28 damage indicators. we look at hotels, motels if they are damaged. multistory complexes. even gas station canopies. and as far as a home goes, a single or multifamily home, 1,000 to 5,000 square feet is on the chart and they look at various degrees of damage. if that home is completely gone, a total loss, its gone down to the slab, the winds generally about 170 miles an hour. if houses were blown off their slabs, immediately thats ef-4 damage. to get to an ef-5 you have to have signi...

Victims were counted twice in the initial chaos. the monster tornado has now officially been deemed to reach ef5 stat nus at least one area. according to survey crews, which estimated peak winds of 210 miles per hour. its force, get this, is estimated to have been 8 to 600 times greater than the atomic bomb which exploded in hiroshima. the storm system initially created an ef0 tornado touching down at 2:56 yesterday afternoon just 16 minutes after the first warning was sounded. the funnel quickl...