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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...

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...

Was. give me historical perspective on a storm that strong? >> no problem, t.j. when we refer to the ef scale, that is basically a scale based upon damage for tornadoes, and its called the enhanced fujita scale, ef 0 to ef-5, most tornadoes fall in the range of ef 0 to ef-3 which can cause damage but theyre usually very weak, dont last long, only a few seconds they dissipate. rarely will you have the stronger tornadoes, the ef-4 or 5s and those are incomprehensible damage, especially the ef-5s, ...

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...

Again, breaking news. new figures from the mayor of tuscaloosa, alabama. 39 killed this that city, chillingly, more than 400 people still unaccounted for. that may be duplications in their system that they havent confirmed yet, but lets certainly hope thats the case. it speaks not only to how many tornadoes hit the south, but how powerful some were. f-5s, the worst of the worst, that kind that wipe out entire small towns. right now a team of weather experts are on the ground there in many of tho...

Forecast. first up, can i get historical perspective from you. the series of devastating storms, look at what it has done and what preceded that and what might we expect the rest of this horrific season. >> thats the big question. were at the very beginning typically of our severe weather season. most tornadoes are not the big huge strong ones like we saw in this outbreak. about 99.6% are called ef-3 or ef-2 or lower and many of them are ef-0s or 1s. it is the ef-3s and ef-5s, once it gets over ...