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Have their homes to go to. even those homes, they didnt have basements in those homes. they were just built on concrete slabs. >> right. and the potential here is that all of that debris, that clearly is out there, will be picked up by the wind, easter in a severe thunderstorm, gusts of 50 or 60 miles per hour or picked up in a new tornado. the potential now exists for that tornado, with the warning sirens going, those sirens may not stop for quite some time, anderson. >> and one of the reasons ...

But we frankly dont know where he is. and now, they are searching the lakes, and searching the debris fields to do what they can. >> and help me to understand, because i will be speaking to the grandmother later on who they cannot find her 16-month-old grandson and going to the makeshift morgue and looking at pieces of paper that are on some wall of folks who have been found and people going from hospital to hospital, and if you are in the area and looking for a loved one, what is the best chanc...

the driver escaped with his life. it was not the only tornado on the ground. at least four people killed west of oklahoma city in canadian county. at one point the national weather service had to evacuate its norman oklahoma storm prediction center. take a look. >> wow. woe got lightning really close. where is it? yeah. >> okay, we got another tornado on the ground. were going to have to get out of here, guys. we cant stay around here. >> multiple vortex tornado on the ground. wheres t...

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weve moved to a more secure location. i want to show you whats been happening in oklahoma, the storm there, simply unbelievable. this funnel cloud cut a tractor trailer in half. the driver escaped with his life. it was not the only tornado on the ground. at least four people killed west of oklahoma city in canadian county. at one point the national weather service had to evacuate its norman oklahoma storm prediction center. take a look. >> wow. woe got lightning really close. where is ...

For that state and federal aid will be very important as people try to piece their lives back together, chris. >> kerry sanders, thank you so much. and if you can believe it, the weather channel says there were more than 150 reports of tornadoes from last thursday through saturday and even more may be on the way. meteorologist bill karins is here. bill, whos in the target zone now? >> yeah, chris, thats the question, is where are we going to see the debris fields tomorrow at this time? because w...

Making repairs. not quite as dramatic as the picture you were showing but they were right at it right away. obviously up in the north its a completely different situation. its so devastated that that is going to take a significant amount of time. but that said, they were out clearing at least the roadways so that crews could get in and out of the debris fields. they werent necessarily clearing anything out, but they were just getting the roads cleared so people could get in. clearing it of the m...

So you have this fast-moving water, which would have swept people away and then theres all this debris, cars and homes and houses and wood and steel in this water. and they may have been deposited miles away from where they lived or where they were swept away. so you have these debris fields, which are just huge, 10, 15 feet thick in some places with all manner of debris, and in order to find out, find who may still be inside, more than likely dead, even to recover their bodies you would need he...

Brian, ive worked with these crews from fairfax county, and also from los angeles. the men and women, theyre so dedicated, theyre at great risk to themselves. its difficult working. have they been able to find anyone alive at this point or because its such a different situation with these debris fields from the water, are they basically just looking to recover bodies? >> anderson, they have not been able to find anyone alive so far, but they are still treating this as a rescue operation. they ar...

In addition to the human victims of the quake. this was not by a crew in northeastern japan. one dog is injured and lying down and the other dog refusing to leave the hurt dogs side appearing to try to protect the weaker dog. according to a facebook posting, both dogs were rescued. one small bit of good news. the situation up in northeastern japan for animals and for humans, as well, is just extraordinarily difficult. right now a shortage of food. shortage of water. there are shelters and hundre...