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Tell their stories. transformers exploded, cars tossed, trees toppled, all made for a wild spring night in parts of the southeast. in alabama there are reports of tornadoes touching down in at least six counties. this woman in tuscaloosa ran into her hallway as the storm hit. >> we got in the hallway and i could hear this -- i dont know what kind of noise it was. its a whizzing, crackling, and it scared me. >> reporter: in birmingham, heavy winds knocked down power lines and tore off roofs. in w...

>> the funnel crowd dropped right there. we were lucky we got in the door. it crossed and went behind us and crossed i-20 in five minutes it was over. >> even blew over an 18 wheeler and ripped through local businesses and homes. >> at first we heard a lot of wind blowing and it sounded like a train. a whistle. then we seen a black funnel cloud. >> you saw people standing outside. we didnt know why. we decided to go and see and we saw all this damage out here. >> in the atlanta area a tornado wa...

The fire captain says the two were found in bed and it appears the mother had apparently gone in and tried to get in the bed to help comfort the child during the storm. there was an 18-month-old in that house in another room, was not hurt. also, see what the damage was done in jackson, mississippi. homes were knocked off their foundations, trees uprooted, power lines knocked down. storm even forced the closing of an interstate, interstate 20 there. there have been reports of at least 98 twisters...

At myflexpen.com. flexpen, insulin delivery that goes with you. well, terrifying weather for millions of people across the south, a sim that erupted thursday in oklahoma and arkansas, swept across the deep south yesterday and last night. it has killed at least 17 people. the damage in some areas almost unbelievable. take a look at what a tornado did in a town of tushka, in oklahoma. the states governor is touring the area today. mississippi also hammered in an around jackson, homes were knocke...

There. the states governor is touring that area today. lets turn to arkansas. a 34-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son who died when an oak tree fell on their house in little rock. now listen to this. fire captain says the two were found in bed. the mom, he said, apparently had gone in to comfort the child during the storm and they both died there. an 18-month-old also in the home in another room, was not hurt. also take a look at what the storm did in jackson, mississippi. homes were knocke...

Leads. >> i hope so. michelle franzen, thanks so much from new york. it is now the deadliest storm system of the season. in alabama alone it has killed seven. one man died in his mobile home which was tossed nearly a quarter mile to the other side of an interstate. the weather channels jim cantore is live in tuscaloosa, alabama with the latest. the pictures so far, incredible. look at those trees. they look like they just snapped behind you. >> yes. think about how lucky they are, alex. look a...

This waterspout appeared over clinton reservoir. storm chasers captured this dramatic film. police managed to recover all the money inside this bank. the tornado then crossed over interstate 20. >> the interstate shut completely down. we have two cars that are flipped upside down. >> reporter: eric fischer, nbc news, in tuschka, oklahoma. joining me with a look at this storm today is meteorologist bill karins. >> this is the serious stuff, it can sneak up on you in a hurry. the storms moved fa...

Success. it required days of marathon talks with back and forth of political posturing. it cuts $38 billion. the president calls the cuts painful but necessary. a wildfire in west texas scorched more than 71,000 acres and tonight were learning some 50 homes are being evacuated in midland and part of interstate 20 has now been closed. firefighters havent been able to gain control of the fast-moving fire which has been burning since wednesday. air tankers dropped 58,000 gallons of retardant on t...

President obama are all calling it a success, but it wasnt easy. it required days of marathon talks with back and forth political posturing along the way. it cuts $38 billion. the president calls the cuts painful but necessary. a wildfire in west texas scorched more than 71,000 acres and tonight were learning some 50 homes are being evacuated in midland, and part of interstate 20 has now been closed. firefighters havent been able to gain control of the fast-moving fire which has been burning s...

[laughter] >> reporter: thank you. jon: thank you. jenna: police in texas are trying to figure out what caused this accident were going to show you. its a big rig crash that -- look at it. it just really takes your breath away. that 18-wheeler hanging over an el sated interstate ramp near fort worth, texas. >> reporter: there is actually a car thats trapped underneath all of that truck. and there were two people who were trapped inside of that. they had to use the jaws of life to extricate those...