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Get off i-35 now because you wont be able to see this tornado. and this thing just keeps growing and growing. its just pulling everything in. >> reporter: left behind, a path of destruction. and homes flattened right down to their concrete slabs. >> thats their house. its just gone. >> wait a little bit until you quit seeing ambulances. >> a frantic search for survivors. emergency workers quickly found a mother and two of her three children. >> we suspect they were in the bathtub. >> this mornin...

Near elreno. meteorologist david payne was in the middle of it. >> across highway 81 is where it intensified and almost got us. >> reporter: in the air, reporter jim gardner described what he saw. >> look at this tornado. this is just unbelievable. get off i-35 now because you wont be able to see this tornado. and this thing just keeps growing and growing. its just pulling everything in. >> reporter: left behind, a path of destruction. and homes flattened right down to their concrete slabs. >> t...

Now they are cautioning they dont know that theres anything wrong with those 1500 people. they dont know that theyre hurt or trapped or dead. they are just people whose families have contacted authorities to say that they dont know where they are. its entirely possible theyve left the area, but all through the day yesterday and night, we are still having trouble communicating with people on the cell phone service because of the damage, the number of cell phone towers were put out, plus a lot of ...

They can get all of the stuff out of there, and in addition to that, they dont want people around anymore so that the rescue crews and emergency workers can get in, and try and find any hopeful, possible remaining survivors. >> wow, jacqui. i cant get over the tale of those two girls and how far the car traveled and the fact that they survived that is truly remarkable. jacqui jeras, thank you. sure. and to find out more on how you can help those devastated by the tornado goes to cnn.com/impa...

Houses are just shredded. you can see, some of them are just entirely, entirely flat president. the foliage is gone, trees knocked over, if not stripped bare. the walmart we showed you pictures of and the home depot, also completely laid bare. a number of bodies pulled from the home depot. this is the kind of devastation that the storm has brought. a woman i want to introduce you to, i still will later in the show, lived in a house just nearby here. she went into her basement to wait this tornad...

Per hour. everywhere in joplin there were stories of desperate searches for the missing. for a little boy separated from his family. >> last seen in a bathtub. we have not been able to locate the bathtub. so we are out here trying to see if we can find out any information on where he might be at or see if we can find him in the debris. >> reporter: the one story being heard most often, neighbors helping neighbors. >> it come in on us, blowing the windows in on us, the boards. everything else, ce...

So we are out here trying to see if we can find out any information on where he might be at or see if we can find him in the debris. >> reporter: natalie gonzalez put her son in the bathtub and made him wear his bicycle helmet. >> at one point, the toilet flew up out of the ground and hit my son in the head and then hit me in the back. the bicycle helmet saved his life. >> reporter: the city of joplin has a plan in place for emergency workers here in the field and the city has meteorologists on ...

thanks so much for being with us on this wednesday. good to see everybody this morning. you know the pictures are coming in, new pictures, and the devastation, continues for the midwest. >> thats right. ali velshi in joplin, missouri, where they had a harrowing night. hi, ali. >> good morning, christine, kiran, it is a better morning here. people counting their blessings. a near miss last night in joplin, missouri. everyone taking shelter and bracing for another twister that thanchgful...

Devastation behind me. give you a sense of whats going on here. the only lights you will see as the sun starts to come up are lights coming from news trucks. theres no power around here. theres some vehicles moving. thats the medical center where people were killed inside there and thats a solid structure. youll see that in just a second. the medical center just to the right. between there and here, a few blocks distance, is a sampling of the damage and the devastation that really the best word ...

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