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Time ever. we dont live in tornado alley. then it is wider and deeper and goes farther and farther and suddenliy there is a city and you are still watching. yousuddenly the tornado has passed and this is what is left behind. there arent enough choppers to show you the area. we know some areas are fine. those are the areas the tornado skirted, but the areas where the slow-moving monster of a funnel cloud actually went through are left in many cases reduced to nothing. we know two elementary schoo...

Look for their childrenment . i know that back in 1999 there was a storm that went through oklahoma that has been known for the ferocity ever since. and this one is at least twice as big as that storm. i know in that storm nearly auto people died. -- nearly 50 people died. >> reporter: we were listening to local reports on the way in to town, erin. local news reports were comparing the damage and catastrophe here, saying it was maybe two times or three times as bad thats 1999 tornado in moore, o...

5:00 eastern. so you have these people that are now trying to pick up their lives from the whammy they got yesterday. now this exact same region, when you look at the map, it is almost the exact same swath that sunday the gun again this afternoon. and that of course is of great concern, not only to the forecasters but also to the people who, who really got smacked in the face with this yesterday, bill. bill: casey, thank you. well be in contact with you throughout the morning. casey stiegel, sha...

Examiners and others were able to confirm such a thing. its our understanding that is what has happened. as we look, this is the order of the day. this is the urgent matter of the day to remove the debris and make sure that there are not living people below. who are still in great need of help. this tornado first dipped from the sky as a funnel cloud at about, if memory serves 7 or 8 minutes until 4:00 eastern daylight time. so 7 or 8 minutes before 3:00 there in oklahoma city. and in this case ...

Category 5 hurricane and thats why you have seen such devastation coming out of the moore, oklahoma area. and it is important to note that -- this is southwest oklahoma city. thats the issue here, shepherd. this is a densly populated area as im sure you know. this is an area that has schools in it, has malls in it, densly populated, a lot of homes, a lot of businesses. it is frightening to think of the casualties we could see here. >> when you look at these live pictures coming in, again all we ...

>> steve: fox news alert. we are following a second round of twisters that could be threatening people who live in the middle west today. check out this massive funnel cloud in shawnee, oklahoma late yesterday, just before a neighborhood was completely wiped out. in thank is where casey stegall is on the ground this morning of the good morning. >> good morning to you, steve and the rest of you. yeah, absolutely terrifying afternoon and evening here in oklahoma. really you had a couple of differe...

Struck right outside wichita, kansas. a weather chaser captured this photo, the same storm, in oklahoma. four separate tornadoes hit across the state. look at the damage. the governor has declared a state of emergency in 16 counties. one person killed and 21 injured. nbc affiliate shot this video of a semi truck apparently blown off a highway overpass. that tornado was reported mile-wide ef-4 which touched down not far from oklahoma city. there was also widespread flooding as far south as georgi...

Things really are. and if youre curious at all why we talk a lot about the tornado, the good news here is there is so much science involved. these meteorologists youre watching on tv are the best in their field. theyre amazing at warning people early in the morning when they know the conditions will be ripe for such a storm. you dont usually get one. you get several. something like this, you see at the top of your screen, that gigantic black cloud. that is what forms a tornado. its called a wall...

To take shelter right now. this storm is moving to the east. arcadia, take shelter right now. weve got significant debris. i just got hid up side the side by some quarter sized hail thats been coming down. significant tornado here with debris coming up. >> so those along arcadia lake there, right along route 66, if you live along route 66 there near arcadia lake, talking about areas down near pops. anyone within that area you need to go into your tornado shelter immediately. again you are lookin...

Velocity. this is going to be route 66. heres midwest boulevard. air depot. the rotation is going to be tightening -- >> wow, incredible. you were seeing the flying debris there. were getting images from koco as well as kfor out of edmond, oklahoma. you heard the reporters talking about the path of this tornado that has touched ground. you have seen the images of that funnel cloud. youve seen the debris that has been dispersed as well. moving 30 miles an hour toward arcadia. >> what were seeing ...