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This thing is at least three quarters of a mile if not a mile wide. there are houses completely gone. completely gone. >> this is an ef-4. this is an ef-4. >> yeah, this is, as jerry is saying right now, this could potentially be ef-4 damage, guys. this is bad. this is really, really bad. >> lynnwood, kansas, just tonight. that brings us to the last thing before we go. as a way of expressing how wild and how violent the weather in our country has been just over these last 24 hours, tonight, newa...

Severe storms and tornadoes. were joined live from kansas. what are you seeing, scott? >> reporter: hey, wolf. tornado touch down here in linwood, kansas. its incredible no one was killed considering the level of destruction. this is one home along the road of many that was completely flattened. this had the roof torn off. look at the tree. theres a mattress blown into it. the tree can snapped in two as well. preliminary estimates have this tornado at an ef-4. this wind was 170 miles an hour. it...

This is the tornadic supercell. this little piece right here, this little tail on the back of it, thats what they call the debris ball. thats when we knew this was a serious situation. what the radar was seeing not hail, it was debris tornado was picking it up. throwing it up in the air 15,000 to 18,000 feet. very destructive stuff. this appears from some of the video ive seen an ef-3 or ef-4. the mayor of salina is just saying it looks like a war zone. houses are off their foundation. some hous...

Between the tornados and the flooding. the flooding is going to be, ast astronomical and not done yet. let me get into it and recap what happened last night. 51 tornado reports. the one we just showed you where gabe was standing was near dayton. 10:00, 11:00 last night and 51 tornadoes yesterday and something similar today. the one that went through dayton that destroyed that elementary school. you think the end of this school year, no way. but they may not get back into that school for next sch...

Reports of people trapped. search and rescue going through out area. this is our first tornadoes report here. south and west of jefferson county and second report we think its the same tornadoes but the national weather service will go out and do their investigation and report back to us as to whether this was an ef 3, ef-4 or even ef 5 which is the highest values you can put on a tornadoes. certainly violent damage last night over parts of missouri. and theres the tornado watch still in effect ...

Few jails in america receive as much media coverage as the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona. while many stories focus on things like the striped uniform and pink underwear that both male and female inmates are required to wear, we tried to learn more about the inmates themselves. it didnt take long before we noticed rita, who was at maricopa facing 11 felony charges along with various misdemeanors. >> yeah. only 11. not bad. if youre going to go, you got to go all out. right? i got an f-...

What does that mean when you her that number ef-3? in this context basically youre talking about entire forests uprooted by the trees. now, we are also talking about cars, big heavy cars being picked up, lifted, tossed several feet. then an ef-4 which is even strong now well-built homes leveled to the foundation. >> it is frightening. allison chinchar, thank you for the heads-up. three production companies are planning to stop filming in georgia to protest the new anti-abortion law but a film ...

And texas. the main threat damaging winds and large hail and excess of tennis ball sized hail in the strength and locker room tracks they could take. we could be looking at tornadoes that are the strength of ef-3 or even larger. that number may not mean a lot to you other than you know its high so some perspective here. with an ef-3 what its going to do is will take your car, a large vehicle and toss it several feet. an ef-4 which is even stronger than that is strong enough it could actually tak...

Effectively ruling out the issue of russian collusion when that is not exactly the case. right now the president is turning to different matters here in alabama where he is touring some of the storm damage brought by one of these ef-4 category tornadoes that just swept through this area here in lee county, alabama. you can see some of the damage behind me here. it is absolutely devastating. 23 people so far confirmed dead and the president coming here to share his thoughts and prayers with the p...