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imagine wake up to that frankfort was spared thankfully but so many other places were not. at least ten people have died in this still menacing storm system. one in tennessee, three in missouri, six in harrisburg alone, survivors there and across the area describing what they saw and what they felt. >> its very devastating. we are very lucky compared to the people out that way. very lucky. >> overwhelmed. just overwhelmed with emotions. i had no idea it was this bad. >> the lights went...

hospitalized, well have the latest on the 93-year-olds condition. >> a scene that reminds many of black friday, these people are running for a bargain, ill explain the frenzy. from the cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan, two u.s. officers have been killed, possibly in response to nato troops burning qurans. it happened at the afghan interior ministry in kabul. lets go to nick paton walsh, nick, what are you learning? >> reporter...

we begin with a developing story from afghanistan. at least two u.s. soldiers shot and killed inside the interior ministry in kabul. the taliban are claiming responsibility. they say this is retaliation for the burning of korans at a u.s. air base. anti-american protests over this incident have been intense, they have been deadly. four afghan civilians were killed today. now all military advisers for the international security forces are being pulled out now. we have the very latest on...

filming this right now. seriously, the ceiling, look. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> these guys made it out alive but four people were killed. we will show you just how bad the damage was. shelling heard from a roof top. street fighting breaks out in the airport in yemens capital. flights canceled and there is new concerns of a coming civil war. google says hundreds of personal g mail accounts have been hacked. they blame a giant fishing operation based in china. the sputtering u.s. ...

Rolled through this area. lives forever are going to be changed from this. >> were going to share video with our viewers here. lets roll some of this video. i want to ask you about it as we look at it. one of the things we hear about ef-5, we know thats the strongest out there. how rare are these types of storms that are this strong and also, we hear that this one was on the ground for so long and just cut a straight path. how odd is that as well? >> okay. ill give you some numbers. these are go...

Like this. by far, the worst thing ive ever witnessed. >> and so, reynolds, these are super tornadoes, make the distinction for us. what separates a super from a regular tornado? >> reporter: what separates a super tornado from your average tornado is a super tornado is what they refer to on the fujita scale, an ef-4 or 5 and theyre incredibly powerful and so incredibly rare. most are on the ef-0 to ef-3. many dont last very long, they are very weak. they form very quickly and dissipate within s...

Rotating thunderstorm and at times we didnt know how they did it. it was so difficult to keep your eye on six different tornadoes. >> these are new pictures from pleven gro plevent grove. when you look at the piblgts what is your sense of the kind of power of tornadoes that whipped through this area? >> theres a scale. it used to be a damage scale, a wind scale, and its gone back and forth and what it really is. heres how i see it. if youre talking about an f-0 and talking in the 80 to 100-mile-...

North carolina. theyll send out storm crews and estimate what this may be. theyre saying already an ef-3 tornado report from one of these systems that raked across east, central north carolina. glasgow, virginia. thats the east coast of virginia. aerial pictures from our affiliate there, and it looks like total devastation. well continue to see these results anywhere from ef-0 to ef-5. just to give you some idea, back in 2003, there was a two-day total of 400 tornado reports. in three days we ha...

A gas leak in the area and the damage is rather extensive. we also hear theres damage at the high school there. this was possibly the same tornado or at least same parent storm that caused some damage in crowley, louisiana, just before this. that was estimated as an ef-0. weve been keeping our eye on new orleans, as well a. severe thunderstorm warning just expired so the immediate threat is over with now but you have a flood advisory. lots of standing water in the area and a tornado watch in eff...

Warning of possible layoffs soon. the dispute over the state budget has sparked weeks of protests. were told filmmaker michael moore joined todays march. more than a dozen senate democrats have fled the state to prevent a budget vote. a major storm system in the southeast has brought reports of a tornado outside of baton rouge and downpours on the mardi gras celebrations causing some of them to have to be postponed, moved. jacqui jeras is joining us from the severe weather center to tell us ab...