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and d.c., is this rick santorums last stand? can he convince republicans that the race isnt already over? im wolf blitzer. youre "in the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> lets begin with the breaking news. tornado emergencies right now in the dallas-ft. worth area. look at these pictures that have been coming in. this was the scene in the dallas-ft. worth area just a little while ago as the sky turns dark. we see a massive funnel cloud draw closer and then this ...

Seeing right on the horizon, right on the ground is the debris thats being picked up by the tornado and there is a great threat from debris flying around. its not just the damage itself but all the things that are moving through the air as these tornadoes cross. and this is just about an hour and a half ago. not far from dexter. thats a tornado. and here is the same area that was affected by that tornado you saw on video. and, obviously, the wind speeds in that tornado will have to be judged by ...

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...

Tornado, making damage as it travels all the way from about 40 miles west of the city of oklahoma. now it is north of the city of oklahoma on the ground doing damage to everything in its path with wind speeds as david was estimating, at at least 150 miles per hour. we know that the storm that moved through joplin, missouri, was an ef-4 tornado, estimated to be 190 to 198 miles per hour. theres no reason to believe that this storm at some point in its time being on the ground could not have been ...

relations. are the tensions of recent days any worse? any better? im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." first, breaking news this hour. a large tornado has been spotted on the ground in oklahoma and storm-ravaged missouri is being hit by severe weather and possible in the coming hours, searchers in joplin have been taking advantage of the break in the bad weather for a few hours now. 17 people have been pulled alive from the rubble as of last night. but the death toll is f...

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...

April 48 killer tornadoes, 361 people killed then. may so far two and at least 116 killed in joplin, missouri tonight. as it plays out, it is a horrible, horrible thing. the scale youll hear, is it a 1, 2, 3, or 4? 0 is 60 to 85 miles an hour. thats the ef scale. this storm was up here, 166 to 200. it is a 4. a 5 would be over 200, massive winds. in joplin, missouri, the national weather service warns there is a 47% chance of another tornado outbreak in missouri tomorrow. chad, 45% chance, show ...

race against the odds tonight, hoping to find survivors in the rubble. and theres this, a forecast warning of more tornadoes and severe weather across the midwest tomorrow and joplin is again in the danger zone. jackqui jeras is in joplin and gives us the very latest on this stunning stunning tornado. >> reporter: people are in search and rescue mode and the best news we have heard today is that seven people have been found alive, so seven survivors in joplin, missouri and that search ...

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...