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Elementary school. the last shot we had was being lit by generators and the firefighters. i also heard the search and rescue teams from joplin, missouri. now theyre returning the favor this evening as they go through. so lets compare. that green line there that went through the northern portions of moore, oklahoma. and, today, the red line shows you what is the damage. they actually chris cross each other just to the west side of moore.

>> it hit the bowling alley, the bank, the post office. right there on the corner is the homt. its right there on fourth and telethon road. again, im between 19th street and fourth street in moore. were still headed west. look at that school, guys. oh, my god. right there. this is terrible. this is war zone terrible. whatever school that is, it is going to be completely destroyed, as you see.

What was today like for you? >> well, i started my chase with my chase partner, richard rowe and, myself, headed south. we got halve way down and realized that the storm was going to go tornadic really quick. its when we actually saw the tornado coming through the western sides of moore, oklahoma. and we snapped a few pictures and made some reports and headed on further north closer to the tornado. thats when we could see that it was ablg chully doing major damage. we could see on the eye in the...

>> those are witnesses of the death and destruction. those were the journalists who were covering the story. alonzo adams is a freelance photographer and a storm chaser. he also took these pictures that youre seeing earlier today. and he joins me now by phone. alonzo adams, where are you now? >> is it totally different from what happened nort of the city? >> yeah u its been white showers throughout the bay. and you go south, oklahoma city and moore, oklahoma, its just completely obliterated, cha...

>> yeah, it formed just to the southwest of oklahoma city, the moore area and that is the worst place for a storm to form because its a very populated area in that area. and if a storm goes tornadic, like this one did almost immediately, theres no getting around damage and loss of life. >> oorks lonzo, i think a lot of viewers around the country are wondering what you were doing and what is the point of storm chasing when so many people are trying to get away from this kind of thing. >> well, iv...

And then we had this event here today. so let me show you the west side of moore, oklahoma. the grey shows you the northern fringe of the path of destruction in the south ern fringe of the path of destruction. the red line is where the middle went through. and this is where that plaza towers elementary school is located. the one we heard about the fatalities. it looks like this was possibly at about 200 miles an hour. it went right over the top. and then weve already seen the cars piled up at th...

Its getting mr violent. were problemly at least ef-4 status here, as violent as this is. its a huge chunk of debris floating in the air. we are about a mile east, southeast of it mow. >> you cant think, you cant delay. youve got to act. you cant think or delay, youve got to act. and act. act to save your lives or loved ones lives. a violent tornado going through south oklahoma city metro. it is in central moore right now, exactly at western avenue

The mayor of moore, oklahoma. glen lewis. mr. mayor, what moore developments can we expect to learn of overnight? >> were not sure. right now. right now, were in practice mode because we have an outage at the oklahoma city water plant where we get our water. our water treatment is at a trickle right now. we requested help from other agencies around. weve got water from our other fire trucks. but they tell me theyre going to have that on by 1:00 in the morning, which is about an hour away. so im ...

Feet in the air, whole trees hundreds of feet in the air. i cant tell you what kind of neighborhood it is moving through, mike. were just probably about a mile east of it now. maybe east, southeast of it. >> again, you cannot delay, you cant think, you cant delay. youve got to act. youve got to act. you cant think or delay. youve got to act, an act, and act to save your life and saved your loved ones lives. 3:15 in the afternoon. violent tornado going through south oklahoma city metro, in centra...

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