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Sleighager shot and killed a man. and tornadoes tearing through the midwest, and the forecasters say situations in iowa illinois and iowa and particularly dang dangerous. i want to get straight to chad meyers in the severe weather center for us tonight, chad. what i am hearing is that the midwest should be on alert, is that correct? >> yes, even though we have lost the sup and the suns heat the storms will go for many hours. the storms were like a rake. think about raking the garden and every ti...

The enhanced fujita scale. from something that damaged trees slightly to ef-5 which would wipe the slate away from the house. only thing left would be possibly poured concrete. we will end up with a strong ef-3 or 4 with this. this is a powerful tornado. showed you some aerials where the only thing left was the slab on the ground. we are done with that severe weather outbreak as far as the midwest is concerned. this will be day three today. today will be about 10% of what we dealt with yesterday...

>> oh, its hitting something. oh, my god. >> my god. you heard that storm chaser refer to an ef5. you only figure that out once its done its damage and you measure by that manner. this is rochelle, illinois, 75 miles west of chicago. the tornado tearing through the city leaving a trail of destruction 25 miles long. imagine that in front of you. wow. right over. a semi. national weather service says more than a dozen tornadoes touched down across illinois, across iowa and missouri. but illinois w...

I have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. im there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. im very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because its my hometown. its a rewarding feeling. hi, mike. im going to tell you, its continuing to track. its moving a little south. its abou...

What ef-5 tornadoes create. we think about moore, oklahoma, a couple of years ago. well, this is the tornado damaged scale, called the enhanced fujita scale. you can see it ranges from mild damage to incredible damage. natalie, just a bit of information for you. >> well, california has been getting pounded. you would think the one thing they can avoid would possibly be a tornado, but no. well, the u.s. house narrowly avoids a government shutdown. so why is the senate pushing back on the trilli...

Angeles. this is the scale that i was mentioning a moment ago. most common in california, ef-0. that is the weakest of tornadoes that could happen. that was the case with this tornado, but you can see the damage that occurred. can you imagine if it was ef-5, 200 miles per hour winds plus? that happens, believe it or not. the storm that is responsible for the tornadoes and the rock sides out of camarillo. theres mountain snow over the sierras. its going to clear things out for the weekend. this s...

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A 5-year-old killed and 18 more injured. they are epic. witnesses say one of the tornadoes barreled down main street in pilger. reed timer posted these photos to instagram of the rare twin funnels. local officials said half of the towns businesses was destroyed and the highway patrol has closed all roads entering the town. lets go straight to bill karins for the latest on that. how rare is this? >> jaw dropping. i havent heard from any meteorologist alive that has ever seen anything like this. n...

Spin back up into the clouds could come back down at any time. wolf, the storm youre seeing on the screen is now becoming the main tornado. it is still many miles from pender. it is still many miles from thurston. a lot of wide open countryside here. this is the ef-4, possible ef-5 damage. we have debris signatures in the air which means the radar itself is picking up debris in the air. go ahead, ben. >> and left side we have a large tornado, a new tornado that has formed left side of the screen...

Nearly every surface we touch on airplanes. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, may 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good wednesday morning, everybody. you okay there? >> stuck back there. >> hate when that happens. >> my umbilical cord. >> ready to roll? >> lets do it. >> we begin with a somber uplifting day in oklahoma city, the area anyway. residents and officials remember a natural disaster with a vow to rebuild ...