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Out. how much power needs to be restored to so many people. now, the force of the storm of course, fell south of here, you mentioned woodward, oklahoma, funnel clouds formed and reached down from the sky, a little town of 12,000 people took a direct hit. 83 homes destroyed, 13 businesses and thats where we saw the loss of life and the loss of life came from people who tried to ride out the storm in trailer homes, they didnt make it to shelter. of course, we have so much in the way of awe-inspiri...

Local newscast and have a plan. everyone told us from the moment they got the warning to the funnel cloud showed up, there wasnt a lot of time. have your plan ready and stay close to something thats going to warn you in the event the funnel cloud is bearing down on you. >> mike, of course we love it hear when you report the words on people who walked away from this but its nothing to take likely. heed the warnings and well keep everybody posted on the storms. thanks, mike. for more on the path...

Cases lightning. we have got reports that a number of funnel clouds have formed up. some of them have touched down. no reports of the damage rate now. we also know that mcconnell air force base in wichita, kansas made the precautionary move of getting the big refue refueler the tankers off the air force base there just as precaution because spokesperson says if the rain the wind the hail came in there and danieled those aircraft, it would be very expensive to get them fixed now as far as the dam...

Across uninhabit ited land. the big reason authorities say there were not more fatalities is because people took the warnings seriously. they got underground when the tornados passed over head, martha. martha: thanks, mike tobin in wichita for us. gregg: got to look at this. really incredible videotape of the funnel clouds that slammed the midwest over the weekend. shot by pretty brave storm chasers. check out the video of two twisters at once. this is near cherokee, oklahoma. >> two tornados!. ...

That was a concern early this morning around the chicago area because a lot of moisture with these storms. todays severe weather risk including the tennessee valley and northeastern texas. there is a second area where you will have a concern for strong to severe storms. we could be looking at large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes as some of those storms do begin to restate and produce funnel clouds. 6 yesterday. not a lot of activity. but keep that in mind today. it only takes one tornado to ...

Today we begin with picking up the pieces. cleanup and recovery has started in texas after a string of tornadoes twisted through the dallas-ft. worth area tuesday. we now know a powerful ef-3 tornado was among those storms. several people were injured. hundreds of homes destroyed, but many, miraculously, none were killed. nbcs jay gray has more. >> reporter: its been a full day since the storms, and the shock is giving way to the reality of what happened here. >> i had a lump in my throat. i don...

To the vitality of the special relationship between our peoples and in the words of shakespeare, to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this england. to the queen. >> awkward. good day, im andrea mitchell live in washington. and we begin with breaking news. as a tornado warning has now been issued for downtown kansas city, missouri. news crews in the area say a tornado has been spotted, however, that cannot be confirmed independently. we have seen what appear to be funnel clouds, at least...

Says this is the region where all of those ingredients are going to come together. we have a very strong jesus jem in place. that is giving us funnel clouds we are seeing right now. >> janice dean live with us. storm chaser. web site is twister chaser.com. right in the middle of it all outside oklahoma city. >> shep, im oklahoma city. at this time we have had a large tornado west of oklahoma city and also just to the southwest of oklahoma city. right now im in the south of oklahoma city. we have...

Who found himself in the thick of the biggest news story of joplins history. sports reporter ryan atkinson of the squop lin grove. moments after the twister struck he and a colleague had to climb through a car and shot these pictures that you see right now. ryan is on the phone with us. i understand you were in the newsroom when this struck. just tell us about that moment. >> caller: yeah, we were in the newsroom. luckily the newsroom is in the downtown area a part that wasnt affected. we headed...

Neither can one replace the personal pieces of life that no longer exist. in a moment, we are going to talk about why so many funnel clouds developed and how they get so. according to the national weather service. one of the tornados was an ef storm with peak winds of bey upon miles per hour . we did research and found tornado foodfootage . this was shot with a mounted camera on top of a train moving through illinois . watch what happens when the tornado comes through. an empty box car can weigh...