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History. but just in surveying the damage, i would say its probably worse. its sernlly worse in terms of loss of life. we lost 42 people back in 99. but they wmpbt all in moore. that particular tor nado was actually on the ground longer than this one. but this one, the devastation is much more located. we have other devastation districts. so in terms of loss of life and structural damage, i have to say that this is much more worse for moore. >> were looking at live pictures that have just come i...

Is growing. its expected to grow exponentially. we have been focusing on several elementary schools in moore, specifically the plaza towers elementary. thats where 75 students and faculty took shelter. that school was completely leveled, wiped to the foundation. we witnessed rescuers pulling children trapped beneath the debris. third graders mainly. we were hearing that first, second and third graders, possibly kindergartners as well, those students were not bussed from the school, minutes befor...

The rubble is fine. >> reporter: what were you able to get here? >> a wonderful lady came by and said is this yours and this is a picture of our two daughters when they were babies. its a very old picture, obviously. theyre wearing dresses that my mom made for them. so its a very special picture. well get it restored. >> reporter: sometimes its the simple things that make a difference in times like this. you rode out the storm too, buddy, huh? was it scary? what was it like? >> it was like a big...

Air, it doesnt come in symmetrically so it starts to spin. this enormous storm. the question is if its four times or lets say two and a half times as wide as the storm in 1999, does that have -- does it have ten times the energy and is that the future. then what are we going to do in the midwest? >> lets take a quick break. i want to talk to you more about is this the future. many people are saying after hurricane sandy in new york and now this, people are saying what is going on with the weathe...

Received so far. we have plenty of help on scene at this time. i want to thank the red cross, the salvation army, everyone thats been involved so far and i especially want to thank the citizens for being so understanding with us. we are getting ever where we can, as fast as we can. we will do everything we can to help the citizens of this community. thank you. >> im jerry stillings, chief of police here in moore. id just like to reiterate that our thoughts and prayers are with those individuals ...

It gets real rain. you close the door to the sell lar cellar and it feels like a train passed over you. and then you get out and its like it never happened and everything is gone. >> you must feel very lucky to have got out alive today. >> yeah, i feel very lucky to have helped people get out of their houses across the street. >> heather, im so glad that you made it. im so sorry for the others who didnt. thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you. >> the 51 people have been confirmed dead in...

The roads are still closed off. so were waiting and trying to get into these areas. we do have a shelter that is open at one of the local churches. it is st. andrews united methodist church that is open for the shelter and we are currently in the process of identifying five more shelters for this area. theres going to be a lot of people needing a place to stay, somewhere warm, a nice warm meal, and something to drink because it is still warm here and we just want to make sure everyone is taken c...

Tornado two miles wide struck near oklahoma city this afternoon. search and rescue efforts continue tonight, houses, schools and hospitals were all leveled. a state of emergency is in effect and the threat of more severe weather is far from over. i want to bring in ken garcia of the american red cross. ken garcia, thank you for joining me. ive just had a really shocking report there from a local reporter talking about this being potentially two, three times the size of the terrible tornado in 19...

Going throughout the area but a real concentrated effort of course at that elementary school that was flattened like a pancake, still looking for at least the last, from what i heard, roughly two dozen students, elementary students located in that elementary school. >> absolutely appalling. it is just a heartbreaking situation. as you say, the lights coming in, the rescue search will obviously be more difficult in the dark. tell me, lieutenant governor, people are comparing this to the massive t...

>> it was just unbearably loud and you could see stuff flying everywhere, just about like on the movie "twister." >> students from one elementary school told to hang on to walls as the storm ripped their school apart. teachers tried to protect students by lying on top of them. >> me and four other guys pulled a teacher out. she was on top of three kids. the kids were fine. she was hurt pretty bad. >> rescues still under way at this moment, becoming increasingly desperate. i will talk to witnesse...