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St. johns medical center with 183 patients took a direct hit. it was unclear if any of the patients were injured during the storm, but the twister hurled x-rays as far as 70 miles, heaved gurneys for blocks, and smashed the buildings glass facade. >> the windows are blown out. theres debris hanging outside of the windows. part of the roof, the whole top is missing. i mean, im standing behind the hospital, and cinder blocks, walls, brick walls are just crumbled. >> the tornado also struck joplin ...

>> oh, weve got lightning. we need to go back. lets turn around. >> oh, its getting big, big, big. >> thats huge! >> for those who survived, the scars will always be them. nearly two dozen people, including three young men, took cover in a convenience store in a walk-in beer cooler. one turned on his camera as the tornado struck. the video is dark, but the sound tells a story. >> oh! [ wind blowing ] >> oh, my god! >> jesus, jesus! >> imagine pushing open the door after that incredible...

It looks like a lot of damage on top. i mean, are there rooms exposed? ive heard of chunks of the building which have been removed from the tornado. what is the building like? is it still stable? >> i would say it is not stable. it is hard to see to the lower floors. the floors that are higher are absolutely devastated. the windows have been blown out. theres debris hanging outside of the windows. part of the roof or the whole top is missing. i mean, i was standing behind the hospital, and cinde...

>> and then just a short time ago, a storm chaser, his name is steve polly, caught out in the middle of this driving on the interstate. he said he didnt think he was going to make it. he said it was touch and go for a while. these videos he took at a gas station. listen. >> yes, it is. north kansas. thats where we want to get. >> all right. our jacqui jeras, our meteorologist, joins us now. jacqui, some officials in missouri reporting that there are at least as many as 24 fatalities fr...

Cajun country facing an agonizing wait as flood waters from the mighty mississippi river inch closer to homes, disrupting countless lives and counting untold heartache. elizabeth prann in louisiana with the very latest. hi, elizabeth. >> hi. we know residents southwest of where we are here are really bracing for the worst. we know the mandatory evacuations have temporarily been lifted, but people are waiting for the water levels to rise more. in saint francisville, this is living proof of after ...

Smith. hes lived in the home for 34 years. he and his wife took matters into their own hands. you can see they actually lifted up their entire home with concrete blocks, wood planks and cinder blocks. one thing local officials wanted to mention is that the city itself, the town of saint francisville is on a natural 100-foot bluff. you can see the steep roadway. but businesses are open. that being said, a lot of people are hearing reports and seeing the damage done and theyre not coming. we know ...

The gulf of mexico as quickly as possible. that being said, we know its going to be a very lengthy process. look at these homes completely filled with water. that white home was already on 12-foot stilts. the only homes that are dry is one floating and the other right here. mr. fred smith. he lifted his home on cinder blocks and planks and pieces of cement. we took a boat tour and met with the mayor and its a mile between where were standing now and the mississippi river, filled with water. i sa...

Across this area. it points out this is fascinating, this is a vending machine, imagine one of the big metal and glass vending machines, with the spray began -- gigantic tree on top it wedged between this and come over to this other side, there is a refrigerator, the door blown up, in pieces, and pieces of refrigerator all around and the amount of blocks, cinder blocks, that came from this building off to my right that collapsed, right behind the building, there is a minivan that is 2 high, comp...

But its been a dark day for people here in bertie county. this is what people are having to deal with the shed flattened over and trees falling over the roads and blocking interest of and weve soon most of the roads ap major roads now back open, and a lot of of families here working at this house and the community definitely coming together to help people sort of patch everything back together that they can, trying to cover up the roof and if you look beside it though, the cinder blocks that are...

Meanwhile, some of the aid organizations on the ground here and some donor governments, for instance, the u.s. senate foreign relations committee, published a report saying, criticizing the haitian government for not showing enough leadership. one example i can perhaps offer. you know, weve been back two days on the ground here. there is rubble everywhere here in central port-au-prince. roads still blocked six months after the earthquake by cinder blocks laying in the streets, and i havent seen ...