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As far as the severe weather season is concerned. march through may, we saw that this year as far as tornadoes across the southeast. we start to lift it with the jet stream as it migrates to the north. april and may, may especially a i cross the areas were concerned with today and to the north as well. we talk about this ef scale, highlight how that breaks down, an ef-4 tornado, that means that winds are estimated to be 166 up to 200 miles an hour. this tornado on the higher end of that, ef-5, o...

This is concerning for everyone in the weather business and everyone here needs to be on full alert especially tomorrow evening as the storms come out of central oklahoma and central kansas and move toward southwest missouri later early evening and late afternoon and be on guard because tomorrow will be long track tornadoes and maybe significant tornadoes as well. >> jeff, what were hearing is that this is already statistically the 11th worst tornado season that america has seen in recorded hist...

Because tomorrow will be long track tornadoes and maybe significant tornadoes as well. >> jeff, what were hearing is that this is already statistically the 11th worst tornado season that america has seen in recorded history. obviously its not over yet and it could rise up that ladder quite sharply and quite quickly. in all your time, how bad would you say what youve been seeing is by comparison to other seasons? >> this is definitely one of the more intense seasons were seeing more ef-4s and ef-...

Two weeks, there was one two weeks ago which was just as powerful. were now seeing this. it seems like this is getting worse. am i right to think that or from a meteorological point of view is this kind of what happens every few years? >> reporter: well, we always expect this clash of air masses in spring and as the warm air wants to overtaken the cold air of winter. but this has been highly unusual. earlier in the broadcast we were talking about the number of ef-4s. since weve been keeping reco...

our ears started to pop. >> incredible stories of survival. >> we thought we were going to be sucked up the chimney. >> now joplin, missouri, holds its breath and wonders is it over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? whats really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on th...

over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? whats really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and reports from the ground. >> debris on the ground here. >> this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening. joplin, missouri, is under another tornado watch tonight. the national weather service say...

it is tuesday, may 24th. were getting a much better picture of the scope of the disaster that were talking about in joplin, missouri, today where our ali velshi is. >> good morning. what are you seeing there? >> good morning, kiran, christine. i wish i could tell you its a good morning in joplin. it simply isnt. over my shoulder you can see the remains of the medical center which in this vast area is really the only building of significance that is still standing. lets begin this morni...

the whole building started to shake. our ears started to pop. >> incredible stories of survival. >> we thought we were going to be sucked up the chimney. >> now joplin, missouri, holds its breath and wonders is it over yet? >> it was crazy. i never seen nothing like that a day in my life. >> why now? whats really going on? >> that is destroyed. completely. >> twisters, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis. where will mother nature strike next? eyewitness accounts from storm chasers and rep...

So it has been a very long time since weve seen big cities get hit by such big tornadoes. those big tornadoes are out there every year. they are there. there are f-4s. there are ef-5s every year out there. most of the time they just get range planned. places that dont have a lot of towns. we dont report on them. people are still injured and its one and two. when you get tornadoes like weve seen, the size that weve seen, rolling through metropolises, rolling through cities, where there is video, ...

They were going to need all the help that they can get. and of course there are calls. they are asking any medical professionals in the area if you can make your way safely to the joplin, missouri area to come and help the people out there. they are also asking for -- there are calls for red cross volunteers to come out and help as well. chad myers, before we went to the break, people are asking for analysis, and they want to hear from the authorities here. they want to hear from you. what is go...