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Touching on an oklahoma. 25 people injured after reports of a twister in close overnight good causing significant damage to buildings and trees in the midtown section. brianne ganis is live with the latest on the storm. >> k., rick. early report indicated he turned trader may have touched on in tulsa, oklahoma at 1:25 this morning. remember the strongest tornado is in at five. talking about when about 100 miles per hour. significant damage by interstate 44 in some areas of southeast downtown. ty...

First hour and 1/2 inch an hour after that. were dealing with 8 to 10 inches of rain in three hours. it cannot bump that in an hour. it will take a while for that to be done. the frustration is that were in a different era, an era, where we have these rains every week, every month. >> residents are frustrated there. meanwhile in tulsa, oklahoma, earlier reports indicate that an f-1 tornado may have touched down at 1:25 this morning. thats the second weakest. the strongest is an f-5. were talking...

>> the national weather service now confirming a tornado touched down in tulsa, oklahoma. the powerful storm causing extensive damage and leaving several people wounded, including two with life-threatening injuries. >> the national weather service confirmed it was an f-2 strength and that it hit at 1:25. were talking about winds that are up to 135 miles per hour. there is significant damage by interstate 44 in some areas of midtown tulsa, southeast of downtown. thousands of people lost power and...

Of up to 110 miles an hour. there was significant damage particularly by interstate 44 and some areas of midtown tulsa southeast of downtown. thousands of people lost power and many streets and businesses are closed, roofs torn off buildings, trees and power poles uprooted and debris scattered throughout. the national weather service is determining whether it was, in fact, a tornado, but the sirens did not go off because the storm was moving fast and changed direction. officials say that at leas...

Years day. interstate 55, some of the lanes have reopened. interstate 44 remains closed for about 24 miles but they are making progress in clearing some of the road. they have to scrape away the mud off of the interstate to open that back up to the holiday travelers trying to return back home. further downstream, the town of st. genevieve are also bracing for the flood but theyre expected to fall two feet short of the record in 1993. so theyre breathing a sigh of relief. the levees should hold. ...

Standing in valley park, missouri, along the meramec river, which is a little ways to the north. this is highway 141 where were standing. looks more like a boat launch, but the river is finally crested. did that yesterday. and now the waters going down. weve come down more than six feet. yesterday the water was about a foot below that green sign right there. so the water definitely coming down little by little. still a long way to go. interstate 44 though right there behind me it is back open af...

Interstate 44 and believe it or not the water has gone down considerably actually. its gone down almost six feet if you can believe it. but we still have a long, long way to go. it is going to be at least until tomorrow or sunday before things start to look a little closer to normal where we are. right around st. louis though, the mississippi river there is cresting now. will most likely do that throughout the entire day so the water is still very, very high. a lot of places still vulnerable. yo...

About 12 or 13 more feet to make this area look a little more normal. interstate 44 right there, the bridge right over highway 141. interstate 44 is shut down and will be so most likely through tomorrow. highway 141 could possibly be shut down until monday or tuesday. not to mention, bring an narks weve been talking about the water treatment facility that was flooded. so we have untreated sewage that is flowing into this river. and so as this water goes down, they are going to have a lot of clea...

Lead to any changes at a cosby-funded art exhibit at a smithsonian museum. a smokesman for the national museum of african art in washington says the exhibit will close as scheduled in three weeks. about a third of the works on display in that exhibit are from the private collection of cosby and his wife. there is a posted disclaimer that says the museum does not condone cosbys alleged behavior. historic flooding in the midwest is prompting widespread evacuation, swollen rivers and streams have...

Is live in valley park, missouri. whats it like there. >> its a very dangerous one tonight because the weather is freezing as is the water behind me. so anyone who did not heed the warnings of the that dan tore evacuation or any of the thousands of emergency workers who have to be near or on this water face a very life threatening situation. we are standing in front of the intersection of 44 and route 141, if you can see some the street signs poking out and some of the traffic lights, water has ...