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Been ten years in the making. you will not believe the e-mails. good morning, welcome to "early start." im christine romans. >> im john berman. we begin with the dangerous weather set to hit areas already hit by tornadoes, rain and powerful winds. >> a twister on the ground in south dakota taking aim at a small city in its state. >> oh, my gosh. it hit something. oh, no! >> sounds like you can hear the hail, too. the tornado ran through the heart of wessington springs. no reports of serious inju...

Two other crew members. the confirmed death toll from the accident is now 29 people and even though we dont know yet what happened to cause that ship to sink, we have learned a few things about this particular ferry. heres cnns tom foreman. >> reporter: there is still a lot we dont know right now, but we do know some of the basics about this ship that started out this whole saga. its a very large vessel, about 7,000 pounds, 500 feet tip for tip. five different stories, some for cargo, some for p...

There are five different stories in here, some for cargo, some for people. it was retrofitted a little more than a year ago. changes were made to passenger areas which seemed to have added weight to the ship. we dont know if that played a role but its something theyll look at. over a fairly extended period of time, whether it hit something or had another problem, it began tipping like this and then rolled completely under water. and apparently, because people were being told to stay in place or ...

School, so for me so far it is still high school. >> youve got to have something to look forward to. havent you seen the commercials for the villages? >> that is high school without the homework. >> that is high school. >> cant get any better than riding around in a golf cart and eating at the buffet. >> also at the villages drinks are a dollar. >> sign me up. im there. good morning to you guys. were off to a great day already. maria molina has weather in a bit tracking that storm. but right now...

It but, you know, there are people missing still. theres, theres a lot of hurt, hurt people out there still. but, you know, i tried my best, you know to stay calm for my kids because they were crying and screaming. >> look at that, it hit something, dude. >> it hit a house or something. >> it hit a house or something. >> maybe an outbuilding. [siren] >> reporter: taking you back to that frightening amateur video from bowie, texas. it really sends chills up your spine. that is 100 miles north of ...

Right, casey? >> reporter: yeah, it really was. granbury was not the only affected area. in fact we were really hit hard up in the dallas area. the radar lit up like a christmas tree all around north texas as this was hitting last night. the national weather service out of the fort worth saying this system produced 10 different tornados. in fact a storm chaser was up in buoy, texas, about 105 miles north where im standing. he was videotaping the twister as it was on the ground. listen and watch ...

Sister, daughter and two nieces. the scene rattled even the most seasoned of first responders. >> they were announced dead at the scene. the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed. it hit something that caused it to become airborne. it traveled over the railing 75-80 feet before it hit the ground. it fell 100 feet from the overpass and landed upside down when it hit the ground. i have been in the fire department 30 years. sometimes you come upon events that are horrific and this is one of...

Working together. we have very, very strong upperlevel wind as well, the jetstream, very strong in the area. we have plentiful moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico to feed into these thunderstorms. it really is sort of a classic scenario going on here. multiple vortex tornadoes are common, really probably more common than we think, sometimes we just dont see them but that can, of course, cause a lot of damage to the area. unfortunately, it looks like we are going to see more potentially da...

More of it damage and dramatic pictures after a south dakota town takes a direct hit from a tornado. >> oh my gosh. it hit something oh, no. that tornado hitting a town west of sue falls south dakota. plenty of homes and businesses had major damage in that area and now the red cross is coming in to help families who have been displaced by that storm. >> maria molina tracking in the storm center. >> some of the strongest tornadoes in february february a -- nebraska and south dakota. in states lik...